determinant
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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
Parental wealth is another main determinant of whether someone will be able to achieve the stability now necessary to marry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
Culture to us seems the great determinant of how human beings conduct themselves; in the relentless academic debate between “nature and nurture,” it is the “nurture” school which commands greater support from the bystanders.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
