How to Use contributory in a Sentence
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Both the cancer and the Covid were listed as contributory causes.
—New York Times, 1 Mar. 2021
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The easiest Roth option (if your income is on the lower side) is a simple contributory Roth.
—Leon Labrecque, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
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When the workplace becomes chaotic, there are usually many factors at play, and none are more contributory than the sheer volume of workflow.
—Bill Adams, Forbes, 25 July 2022
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His style of play -- more taxing than Federer -- is arguably a contributory factor in his litany of injuries while Nadal has more than once said there are too many hard-court tournaments.
—Ravi Ubha, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
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The report highlights the lack of female representation among both founders and investors as a contributory cause.
—Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 4 July 2022
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In other words, ending the $300 benefit appears to be only a small, contributory factor to the labor shortage.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 14 June 2021
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And the Fed’s supposedly contributory policy moves were far too small to matter.
—Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 11 July 2022
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The judge did not immediately rule on the request to dismiss the second and third claims for contributory and vicarious infringement.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
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Unlike the daily numbers produced by the government, the ONS includes deaths in care homes and hospices as well as cases where Covid-19 is only listed as a contributory factor on death certificates.
—Eddie Spence, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2020
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That last contributory condition had not been raised by an expert before, and several jurors jotted down notes.
—Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
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Welfare: Claimants of contributory employment and support allowance benefits can claim from day one rather than day eight of being unemployed.
—Alex Morales, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
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And, if Google were to engage in such conduct, at least one court has suggested that Google might be civilly liable for contributory infringement under certain circumstances.
—Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2017
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The minister said that infected people circulating without masks was a contributory factor to the spike.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 6 July 2022
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Murray’s actions carry weight in this case because IPS is raising contributory negligence as a defense.
—Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
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Supporters of the change call the contributory negligence doctrine harsh, noting that when a scooter or e-bike rider is struck and injured, he or she is barred from recovering any damages if the rider is even 1 percent negligent.
—Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
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Governments, in turn, have launched a patchwork of non-contributory benefits for the mass of informals, undermining the point of enrolling in social security.
—The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
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At the time, the U.S. regulatory approach itself was identified as a huge contributory problem.
—University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes, 6 May 2021
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Otherwise, Stephen was in stable health with no other contributory medical or surgical problems.
—Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
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Your genotypic score for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, summarizing the effects of many contributory genes, could prompt doctors to start monitoring you early.
—Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
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Disney also argued Redbox was encouraging customers to infringe its copyrights, which could make Redbox liable under the doctrine of contributory infringement.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2018
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His sentiments in 2015 that foreigners should not compete with locals for scarce economic opportunities were denounced as being xenophobic and contributory to violence against non-nationals.
—Norma Young, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2021
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By connecting their product with a noble social cause, Coolhaus is effectively inspiring contributory consumption amongst consumers.
—Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 14 June 2021
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Filed in September 2016, the original lawsuit asserted a straight copyright infringement claim as well as claims for contributory copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement and inducement of copyright infringement.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2017
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In response, Disney claimed these resales constituted contributory copyright infringement, a breach of contract, interference, false advertising and unfair competition.
—Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
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Contributory factors include the traffic signals' interconnections with the railroad warning signals,investigators wrote.
—Hannah Leone, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 June 2017
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Systemic examination was not contributory, and routine hematology and urine examination were normal.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010
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