decisive/deciding/determining factor

noun

: the most important reason

Cost was the decisive/deciding/determining factor in their decision.

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Buy that dream house: See the best mortgage lenders Both liberals and conservatives use politics as a determining factor in moving The poll found that 30% of liberals and 27% of conservatives would keep politics in mind to determine moving. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024 Your personal preference should always be the determining factor in your choices of what wines or spirits are the world's best. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 Of course, that depends on the material, the true determining factor of a good or bad auction season. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 The votes aren’t the determining factor in whether a faculty member receives tenure and promotion; typically the provost makes the final recommendation to the university’s president and board of regents. —

Bykatie Langin, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for decisive/deciding/determining factor

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