contribute (to)

verb

Definition of contribute (to)next
as in to bring about

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  1. bring about
  2. cause
  3. draw on
  4. create
  5. generate
  6. bring
  7. produce
  8. bring on
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  • However, the digital economy has brought about a new paradigm.
    Pandwe Gibson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • All our sufferings must therefore be lesser evils that somehow serve to bring about a greater good.
    Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of bring about
Verb
  • Looking out a few months, year-on-year total CPI and total PCE inflation rates could ease in Q2 2025 due to base effects, which could cause the dollar and bond yields could fall in Q2 while supporting equities, bond prices, and industrial commodity prices.
    Jason Schenker, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Airport-goers be warned: Getting to Sky Harbor International Airport may be even more of a headache than usual this weekend as a major freeway near downtown Phoenix will be closed from Jan. 10 to Jan. 13, causing trouble getting in and out of the city, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.
    Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of cause
Verb
  • The winning ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Friday, Dec. 27: white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, and the gold Mega Ball 6.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Those minutes were a draw on the scoreboard, but Vancouver held a significant edge in the run of play.
    Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of draw on
Verb
  • The first order of business in the House is its constitutional obligation to elect its speaker, a process that has created high drama in recent years as Kevin McCarthy took 15 ballots to ultimately seize the gavel at the beginning of the 118th Congress.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Share [Findings] AI researchers determined that large language models pose no existential threat to humanity and created an AI algorithm that can detect scientific articles written by other AI algorithms.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of create
Verb
  • Globally, about 500 family businesses generate about $8 trillion in revenue.
    Radu Magdin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • While that deal will continue generating headlines as the new owner’s strategy sharpens, a trio of the Traitors super-indie’s biggest rivals are heavily rumored to be on the block.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of generate
Verb
  • The boat was spotted off the island of Lanzarote on Monday as Spain marked the Epiphany holiday, also known as Three Kings Day, meant to honor the day the three wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus, rescuers said.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Another storm system is expected to pass north of the Kansas City region, bringing the chance of snow flurries along the Missouri and Iowa border on Sunday.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of bring
Verb
  • Budgets for big releases are ballooning out of control with games like Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020) costing up to $700 million to produce.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The new blockchain platform creates new revenue streams through continuous royalties and secondary marketplaces by providing creators with the means to produce in-game objects that hold their worth across different games.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of produce
Verb
  • Per the chart below, the pullback has in the first few days of 2025 has taken the stock out of a channel of higher highs brought on by a post-earnings bull gap from September.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The X-ray came back clear, and the doctor suggested the pain may be psychosomatic, brought on by stress.
    Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of bring on
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