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Your genotypic score for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, summarizing the effects of many contributory genes, could prompt doctors to start monitoring you early.
CAN GENETICS HELP ELIMINATE INEQUALITY?JERRY COYNENOVEMBER 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Although the palace has only given the bare minimum of detail as to why exactly the queen was unable to make it to the event, it has been widely reported that the car ride from Windsor to London, about 40 minutes each way, was a contributory factor.
WILL THE QUEEN EVER LIVE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AGAIN?CLIVE IRVING, TOM SYKESNOVEMBER 16, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
Every October, the country largely ignores Filipino American History Month, which is a shame, given the enormous, contributory role Filipino Americans have played in shaping the American experience for everyone.
COVID-19 IS DEVASTATING FILIPINO AMERICANSELLEN MCGIRTOCTOBER 7, 2020FORTUNE
He was a strong athletic young man, in spite of his long hair—or might that have been, as in Samson's case, a contributory cause?
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEY
Another contributory source to this oddest freak of my life was the terms on which I had returned to the college.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EVIDENCEOLIVER ONIONS
The expression “contributory place” means a place other than a parish chargeable with special expenses.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 4VARIOUS
But we may well consider these reconstructions as contributory essays and experiments in the general constructive effort.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLS
This warfare finds contributory causes in tribal migrations.
ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGYWILHELM WUNDT
A strong contributory factor was the clumsy tactics of the employers who played into the hands of the leaders of the miners.
A HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATESSELIG PERLMAN
We have practically agreed on that, and that leaves the only defense remaining for the employer, that of contributory negligence.
PROCEEDINGS, THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTSVARIOUS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO CONTRIBUTORY

  • abetting
  • accessory
  • adjuvant
  • ancillary
  • appurtenant
  • assistant
  • backup
  • collateral
  • complementary
  • contributory
  • extra
  • reserve
  • secondary
  • spare
  • subordinate
  • subservient
  • subsidiary
  • supporting
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