- past tense form of contribute.
- past participle of contribute.
contributed
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The Treasury has accepted it contributed to the death of a personal assistant and said "immediate steps" have been taken to tackle outstanding risks.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Anyone spending $5,000 on such speech would be required to file a state report disclosing the “name, address, occupation, employer, and principal place of business of each person that contributed $100.01 or more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Many factors contributed to that syndicated series’ success and Stewart’s resultant popularity as the man behind one of TV’s most beloved characters.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Times data reporter Sandhya Kambhampati and Times staff writer Gustavo Arellano contributed to this report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
These covered an area of 200,000 square miles and probably contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs–they certainly didn’t help–with their noxious outgassings.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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