contributing (to)

Definition of contributing (to)next
present participle of contribute (to)
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Verb
  • Takebe points to the role of streaming in bringing about deep structural change to the local film and TV sectors as well as breaking down national barriers around content.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • And so bringing about the kind of change and awareness that is needed is a heavy lift.
    NBC news, NBC news, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Directed by Aella Jordan-Edge, with Emslie and Arpita Ashok producing, the film stars Jodie Whittaker and Evie Jones, who also wrote the script, drawing on her experience of becoming a disabled adult.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • As the United Kingdom works to make online spaces safer for children through age verification methods, kids are finding creative ways to skirt the rules, including drawing on facial hair to dupe facial recognition systems.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • And while track and field adopted the dual-advancement and dual-medal system, the policy does not easily translate to head-to-head contact sports or other athletic competitions, creating what critics see as a glaring inconsistency across the state.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • David then wakes up inside the woman's body, immediately creating a crisis.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Rein is also bringing on filmmaker-producer Quark Henares as a partner.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • The domino effect of playing Rice out of position and bringing on Martin Zubimendi left Arsenal’s right side vulnerable and impacted their attacking balance.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Authorities said a tractor-trailer car hauler blew a tire while traveling eastbound on I-10 near Valencia Road, causing the truck to hit a guardrail, roll into the median and burst into flames, CBS affiliate KOLD reported.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • The same weather system is also fueling high winds across the Great Plains and causing wildfires to rapidly spread.
    Rob Marciano, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • All of these material properties play a role in generating the potential measured by a probe, independent of any special Casimir forces or vacuum fluctuations.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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“Contributing (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributing%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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