How to Use decisive/deciding/determining factor in a Sentence

decisive/deciding/determining factor

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  • The speed at which the print head moves is a determining factor in how the final thread forms.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The decisive factor would be the speed and quantity of lethal aid.
    — Jakub Grygiel, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
  • The high cost of living has played a decisive factor, too.
    — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 June 2022
  • Villa Park does seem to be a decisive factor in how Emery sets his team.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Her track record in the face of these challenges became a decisive factor in the mayor’s race.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Work should be the determining factor as to how long a client will be allowed to stay in shelter.
    — Robert Mascali, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • This proved to be the decisive factor in persuading him to swap Glasgow for the West Midlands.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Now, though, strategists on both sides tend to believe turning out the base is a more decisive factor, even in midterms.
    — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 22 June 2021
  • The pandemic may have proved a decisive factor in Biden’s win.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Could money alone be the determining factor on where Soto plans to spend the next decade-plus of his big-league career?
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • But another decisive factor in the choice of Cohen was his pledge to spend extra time in town on H+H projects, said Snead.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • This was a decisive factor in the Democrats’ victories.
    — Jake Walker, National Review, 17 Jan. 2021
  • As to which model to choose, budget will be the determining factor.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
  • And so money will not be the determining factor in this election.
    — Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • For most visitors, the chance to see pandas will not be the determining factor to come to San Diego, so the increase in total tourists will be small.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The determining factor seemed to be whether the membrane was squished hard enough to force it into liquid-crystal form.
    — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Certainly with the depth this year the fate of the team isn’t on O’Keefe’s shoulders alone, but her performances will be a large determining factor.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Thankfully, age is not the determining factor for whether or not someone can save in a Roth IRA.
    — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But there is still time for the infrastructure vote to become a decisive factor, Kahn said.
    — Danielle Duclos, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The divergence could be a decisive factor in whether the Democrat secures a second term next year.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Crumbling morale on the Russian side played a role in Ukraine’s advances in the south but the decisive factor was weaponry, tactics and troop numbers, Colonel Kostenko said.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • But the move to publish the manifesto ended up being the decisive factor.
    — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 15 June 2023
  • But per usual, overall health will be the determining factor in how far this team can go this season.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Price Price will be a huge determining factor in your purchase.
    — Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This likely will come down to Kane, Brade and Worley battling for one or two spots — and special teams could be the determining factor.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
  • But that muddles the issue with something that shouldn’t be any kind of determining factor.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That decisive factor turned out to be simple: what women want.
    — Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That decisive factor turned out to be simple: what women want.
    — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Whether or not Trump follows through with those threats could be the determining factor in whether the economy plunges into a global downturn.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The chart below further demonstrates that market size is not a determining factor in regular season success.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025

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