factor

Example Sentences

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But there is another factor that matters just as much.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Although the feelgood factor has faded a little after disappointing exits from the Europa League and Coupe de France, they remain fourth in Ligue 1 and firmly in the hunt for Champions League qualification.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Start the Ride was fifth and Cherokee Nation, the second choice, broke slowly and was never a factor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

However, the brokerage cuts the stock’s target price to HK$45.00 from HK$50.00 to factor in recent weak market sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

If either factor failed—if reproduction failed to produce variants or if heredity failed to transmit the variations—then nature would be mired in a ditch, the cogwheels of evolution jammed.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee