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contributory

adjective as in contributing a result

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It draws on the experience of Finland, where homelessness was effectively reduced by a policy of providing secure accommodation for people, with wrap-around support for contributory issues such as mental health problems and addiction.

From BBC

However, the presenter denied humiliating his guest, and on Tuesday the coroner ruled that his treatment of Mr Dymond was not a "contributory factor" to the death.

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Mr Flack said that transection of the left axillary artery – the main artery to the arm – was also a contributory cause to her death.

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An unfortunate consequence though, he said, was that his workshops attracted hate mail from Neo-Nazis and was a contributory factor to him fleeing his native country.

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Other contributory factors included drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine.

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