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Recent Examples of contributory
Heat stress was listed as a contributory factor to her death.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
The oil and gas companies can raise a contributory negligence defense on two fronts.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The broken arm was listed as a contributory cause of death, after complications of Alzheimer's dementia, cardiovascular disease and emphysema.
—Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
Environmental heat exposure was a contributory cause.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2023
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
The oil and gas companies can raise a contributory negligence defense on two fronts.
—Ed Hirs, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The broken arm was listed as a contributory cause of death, after complications of Alzheimer's dementia, cardiovascular disease and emphysema.
—Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
Environmental heat exposure was a contributory cause.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contributory
Adjective
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Stock can be used as a means of payment to buy another company and hence take out a rival or to buy a complementary firm.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Develop the sector to build skills complementary to AI.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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In total, the FCC has sent AST five emails about submitting additional details and correcting the application.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2025
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Netflix announced the additional hour, as well as titles of all Season 2 episodes, Tuesday.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The effects of the bill would also be compounded by further changes by individual states.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Established in 1996 to further gender equality in literature prizes, the Women’s Prize bestows the annual honor to the author of what judges determine is the best full-length novel of the year written in English and published in the UK.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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“Contributory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributory. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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