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January saw another steep increase in overall input costs for service providers, and S&P Global said suppliers were reported to be raising prices, with tariffs again mentioned as a contributory factor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Jim Williams shared that Adam Williams’ official cause of death was atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with obesity as a contributory factor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

Against the backdrop of recent kidnappings, governors and traditional chiefs from 19 northern states recently dubbed illegal mining a "major contributory factor to the security crises".

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

Incorrectly categorising risk was a contributory factor to the way French police treated Liverpool fans before the 2023 Champions League final in Paris.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

It made me uneasy, as though the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to exact a contributory emotion from me.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

But no man can be truly blessed who has to find many contributories to make up his blessedness.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren

Tumult and commotion are almost as necessary contributories to the success of the stratagem as is the cable.

From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield

Or have the citizens at large, being contributories to the maintenance funds, a right to vote?

From Unitarianism by W.G. Tarrant

Such power is not neutralized by our infirmities; it asserts itself under their limiting conditions and makes them its contributories.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

He may be assisted, like a trustee in bankruptcy, by a committee of inspection, composed of creditors and contributories.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various