decisive/deciding/determining factor

noun

: the most important reason

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Now, campaign finance rules aren’t likely to be the only determining factor in who ultimately succeeds Biden. —

Nicole Narea, Vox, 21 July 2024 Age alone is not the determining factor of a person’s capacity to serve. —

Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024 When asked about the commercial failure of mainstream Bollywood films tackling similar subjects, both Dwibhashyam and Sahai emphasized that the format is not the determining factor for success. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 July 2024 The decisive factor would be the speed and quantity of lethal aid. —

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