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factor

[fak-ter] / ˈfæk tər /


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Trust & Will calls this the “gap between knowing and acting,” but the biggest factor keeping people from doing something about planning is that they don’t think they have enough assets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Over the same period the number of men who reported having no close friends at all increased by a heartbreaking factor of five.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

SEW chairman Train called climate change an "element factor" in outages.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But by that point, spring weather has not yet fully unfolded, and that is now proving to be a critical factor.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

And this fact—children running amok—was perhaps the primary factor leading to the war.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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