factor
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One key factor is how long caffeine stays in the body.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
‘Once you’ve lived through losing a job … a bigger paycheck stops being the deciding factor.’
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Yesterday, we asked whether physical fitness should factor into which servicemembers are selected to attend Pentagon events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Authorities have not determined what caused the 2019 McLaren to veer off the road, but investigators believe speed was likely a factor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Marjorie positions herself behind Tats, copying her movements in mime form, exaggerating their crass factor.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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But your approval will depend on many factors, including your credit score, income, assets, rental income from this property, and any other loans you may have.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
When asked why she felt now was the right time for her to conclude that chapter of her career, Sheindlin replied that there were a couple of factors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The group then examined those locations for factors like the sea bed and the level of the water flow.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Raising his recommendation to buy from hold, Stanton is encouraged by the Australian company’s update that the early discontinuation of a lung cancer study doesn’t appear to be linked to clinical factors or trial execution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Recognition of those factors emphasizes the unexplained residue, whose understanding will be a task for the future.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Mizuho analyst Lloyd Walmsley wrote in a note to clients that Muse “marks the beginning of a substantial product cycle” that the market hasn’t factored into the stock price yet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Kong hasn’t factored in potential higher dividends, as RHB might need to retain capital to support loan growth while maintaining ROE at around 10%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
That has consequences for the economy—because those products aren’t produced in the U.S., they are factored out of gross domestic product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Burton said the company has a fleet of about 200 trucks, 56 of which are now zero-emission, including hydrogen fuel cells and battery electrics whose charging time is factored into the logistics of the drive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“We haven’t factored in the time it’s going to get the files,” he said.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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One key reason for the rise in insurance costs is that carriers are factoring in recent disasters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Blockbuster US jobs figures last week have pushed up bets on a Fed increase -- the CME Group's FedWatch tool factoring a more than 60 percent chance of such a move.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is GM, they say, that is the bigger overall contributor to the U.S. workforce, when factoring in salaried employees as well as hourly workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
His office also is creating public messaging to deploy in various scenarios and factoring the potential dynamics around prediction markets into security planning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It took ten minutes for him to re-create the solution he’d figured out with Mr. Keeney, this time factoring in the actual spacing between the two rock pillars which had been missing until now.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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