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a thing that controls or influences what happens
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Level of education is often a determinant of income.
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Recent Examples of determinants
Another long-standing challenge to physician authority and judgment is the relationship with insurers, which has become one of the most significant determinants of care delivery.
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Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
The organization offers a Nurse Family Partnership Program, which consists of weekly home visits from a nurse, and the Guided Journey Program, which focuses on the social determinants of health.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
Public health programs and policies are strong determinants of nutritional status, which has direct consequences on individuals’ health, as seen by recent cuts to food assistance programs, rollbacks on community water fluoridation, and alterations to the Dietary Guidelines process.
—Christopher Duggan, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Co-occurring mental health concerns often drive substance use, and social determinants such as housing stability, employment, access to care, and systemic inequities strongly shape outcomes.
—Gwilym Roddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
This approach embodies the upstream vision of addressing social determinants of health—creating the conditions for people to thrive physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Plus there are topics in precalculus such as matrices, determinants, vectors and solving nonlinear systems of equations that students don’t need for Calculus I.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
This research suggests that social determinants of health, including financial stress and food insecurity, may belong in the same conversation.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
In order to predict preeclampsia accurately and use these predictions to help doctors monitor, diagnose and treat the condition, my team needs to factor in other information that can illuminate these different outcomes, called social determinants of health.
—Jill Inderstrodt, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2026
The organization offers a Nurse Family Partnership Program, which consists of weekly home visits from a nurse, and the Guided Journey Program, which focuses on the social determinants of health.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
Public health programs and policies are strong determinants of nutritional status, which has direct consequences on individuals’ health, as seen by recent cuts to food assistance programs, rollbacks on community water fluoridation, and alterations to the Dietary Guidelines process.
—Christopher Duggan, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
Co-occurring mental health concerns often drive substance use, and social determinants such as housing stability, employment, access to care, and systemic inequities strongly shape outcomes.
—Gwilym Roddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
This approach embodies the upstream vision of addressing social determinants of health—creating the conditions for people to thrive physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Plus there are topics in precalculus such as matrices, determinants, vectors and solving nonlinear systems of equations that students don’t need for Calculus I.
—Tammi Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
This research suggests that social determinants of health, including financial stress and food insecurity, may belong in the same conversation.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
In order to predict preeclampsia accurately and use these predictions to help doctors monitor, diagnose and treat the condition, my team needs to factor in other information that can illuminate these different outcomes, called social determinants of health.
—Jill Inderstrodt, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinants
Noun
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California's Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said the state identified factors behind price spikes, but stopped short of blaming oil companies for price gouging.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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If an item is resistant to certain factors, it will be listed in the product description.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Other considerations include matching the frame to your mattress’s thickness and leaving about 24 inches of walking space around the bed.—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Congress tasked the Fed with setting interest rates independent of political considerations.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many musical and social antecedents are responsible for its birth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Went on to tackle malaria, and that process created both huge successes in modern public health, but also seeded the American public health system county by county across this country, and presented the antecedents of the Centers for Disease Control based in Atlanta.—
Christopher DiLella,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Determinants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinants. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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