How to Use contributory in a Sentence

contributory

adjective

• Both the cancer and the Covid were listed as contributory causes.
  — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2021
• The easiest Roth option (if your income is on the lower side) is a simple contributory Roth.
  — Leon Labrecque, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The report highlights the lack of female representation among both founders and investors as a contributory cause.
  — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• 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
• And the Fed’s supposedly contributory policy moves were far too small to matter.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The minister said that infected people circulating without masks was a contributory factor to the spike.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• Murray’s actions carry weight in this case because IPS is raising contributory negligence as a defense.
  — Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• An animal sedative not meant for human consumption was a contributory cause in 50 overdose deaths last year, the Hamilton County Coroner's office reported Wednesday.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2023
• Otherwise, Stephen was in stable health with no other contributory medical or surgical problems.
  — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
• 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
• 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
• 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
• By connecting their product with a noble social cause, Coolhaus is effectively inspiring contributory consumption amongst consumers.
  — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• 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
• 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
• Contributory factors include the traffic signals' interconnections with the railroad warning signals,investigators wrote.
  — Hannah Leone, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 June 2017
• Systemic examination was not contributory, and routine hematology and urine examination were normal.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010

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