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as in delegate
a person who acts or does business for another
at the auction the high bidder for the painting was actually a factor for a wealthy art collector
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as in component
one of the parts that make up a whole
price was only one factor in my decision to buy the car
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Recent Examples of factor
Other factors determine body temperature, such as time of day (cooler earlier in day) height (the taller, the colder as heat spreads) and weight (heavier is warmer).
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Breaking down the trillion-dollar risk posed by climate change 04:02
Other factors also are contributing to the pricing pressures, including politics.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
External factors can also drive job search rejection.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Those factors are also why designer Sivan is captivated by and employs natural fibers in his collections.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Breaking down the trillion-dollar risk posed by climate change 04:02
Other factors also are contributing to the pricing pressures, including politics.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2025
External factors can also drive job search rejection.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Those factors are also why designer Sivan is captivated by and employs natural fibers in his collections.
—Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factor
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More than 40 people have been removed, mostly on corruption allegations, as National People’s Congress delegates since the current term began in 2023, according to CNBC calculations of official figures.—
Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Democratic delegates even voted down an amendment that would have kept these vending machines out of elementary schools, kindergartens and nursery schools!—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2025
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The work included fitting such go-fast components as a Crower billet crankshaft, Manley titanium valves, an LSM custom camshaft, Kaase Boss cylinder heads, and a McLeod clutch and flywheel for the Tremec T56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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Tesla’s sold in the U.S. are assembled at its factories in Fremont, California, and Austin, Texas, but various components are sourced from China, Canada and Mexico, the latter providing 15% of parts in the Model Y.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Caro Quintero was released when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Camarena.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The former leader of a Mexican cartel, thought responsible for the 1985 death of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in the 1980s, was among 29 defendants extradited to the United States Thursday.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The show has contained stories – one crime plays out over two episodes –and there are lighthearted elements and something comforting about the cluttered antiquarian bookshop, situated in a picture-perfect historic London lane.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Nonetheless, in Lund’s keenly discerning view, the game—its swings and misses, hits and runs, acrobatic catches and awkward miscues—is inseparable from the human element that goes into each of these crucial yet infinitesimal incidents.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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Just this week, Utah's representative Celeste Maloy introduced a bill to Congress that would allow states to choose whether or not to practice DST.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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An Elgin student attending the Illinois Math and Science Academy is working with her local state representative on a bill that would require public libraries to keep on hand medications that can reverse an opioid overdose.—
Ismael M. Belkoura,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In a farm-to-facial approach, each ingredient is harvested on-site, and the products are scientifically tested in its Sausalito lab and Botnia Atelier treatment room.—
Morgan Tilton,
The Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2025
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The ingredients are tossed with the seasoning blend and added in three intervals based on their cooking times.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2025
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Consequently, if work requirements are imposed on nondisabled, working-age Medicaid recipients, that would affect a large number of people who are not currently in compliance, said Kevin Corinth, deputy director at the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2025
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Records showed that Worthy had been arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, or choking in common terms.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Adams traveled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ahead of the meeting and was accompanied by several members of his communications team, his chief counsel deputy mayors Camille Joseph Varlack and Tiffany Raspberry.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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But the chief justice has continued to attend, while other members of the court have long ago stopped going.—
Adam Liptak,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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