determinant
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“Housing is the biggest determinant of health outcomes including heart disease,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Such a move might generate fears of future inflation and push up long-term interest rates, an important determinant of mortgage costs and businesses’ borrowing expenses, Musalem said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The most important determinant of housing affordability is also the least glamorous.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
While the general market celebrates cheaper liquidity, the real determinant of the next wave of biotech leaders is the concentration of capital.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025
A study indicates that whether or not a department has a mathematics or a statistics requirement is the most important single determinant of where a woman will attend graduate school to study political science.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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