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contribute

[kuhn-trib-yoot] / kənˈtrɪb jut /




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The findings demonstrate how observations preserved for thousands of years can continue to contribute to modern scientific discoveries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Systemic failures contribute to this problem, including poor coordination among the institutions responsible for providing medical, psychosocial, and legal assistance to children and families.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

He's also arguing for increased levies on banks in the Budget, to contribute towards the cost of help on the cost of living.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, their size and expertise would surely allow them to navigate, and contribute to the writing of, new rules better than a new entrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“I look forward to seeing what you all have to contribute to the Collective. We have much work to do and little time.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

To diversify some of this exposure and protect against a lasting downturn in the sector, Lerner advocates the U.K. equity market where tech contributes less than 1% of the aggregate CFROI.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The cost of healthcare greatly contributes to how much seniors spend every year, but rapidly growing prices also affect the disparity between the CPI-W and CPI-E, Mary Johnson said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

This distinction matters because a word that appears millions of times contributes much more to everyday communication than one that is rarely used.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The discovery offers an important step toward explaining how magnetic activity contributes to heating the Sun's atmosphere, including in regions that appear calm when viewed from afar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Coal plants are also a major producer of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global climate change.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Surging business investment is supporting faster U.S. growth, rising stocks and a so-called wealth effect that’s contributed to strong consumer spending, typically the main locomotive of the economy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Musk has contributed to this frenzy; the SpaceX prospectus issued before its initial public offering in June claimed that its products and services would have a “total addressable market” worth $28.5 trillion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

That contributed to a worsening of the crisis, and policymakers were forced to reverse their moves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A combination of unusually little snowfall and prolonged summer heat contributed to the extensive melting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hence the greatly increased life expectancy brought by modern medicine may have contributed to the recently accelerating pace of invention.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

As in other towns, workers formed the society by contributing a small payment from their wages, to cover costs when medical needs arose.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“You’re going to have different contributing factors producing a similar outcome.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Currently, it has only 2,000 members from six contributing countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, in rheumatoid arthritis, they can become abnormally aggressive, multiplying excessively, releasing inflammatory substances, and contributing to cartilage damage and tissue scarring.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

I was contributing almost as much as I had during the previous summer, but I wasn’t taking the money proudly to Momma for her to count out and put into the crock.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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