contributor
Americannoun
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a person who contributes money, assistance, etc.
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a person who contributes an article, story, etc., to a newspaper, magazine, or the like.
noun
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a person who contributes, esp one who writes for a newspaper or one who makes a donation to a cause, etc
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something that is a factor in or is partly responsible for something
alcohol was a contributor to his death
Other Word Forms
- contributorial adjective
- noncontributor noun
Etymology
Origin of contributor
1400–50; late Middle English contributour < Anglo-French. See contribute, -tor
Example Sentences
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The U.S. is the largest contributor to NATO, providing roughly 16% of its annual defense budget.
From Barron's
A statement released by Friends of the Van Der Beek family, who arranged the collection, thanked contributors "from the bottom of our hearts for showing up for James and his beautiful family".
From BBC
The TV personality, also a political contributor for CNN, was present for Monday’s episode of “The View” where she and her co-panelists reacted to Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times
Since 1999 migration has been a bigger contributor to population growth than births in most years.
From BBC
China remains the largest contributor to growth, while petrochemical feedstock products will represent more than half of this year’s gains, compared with only a third in 2025 when transport fuels dominated growth.
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