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contributes

  • present tense form of contribute (3rd person singular).

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So if the employee contributes 3%, the employer does, too, but a contribution of 4% still gets only a 3% match.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

In both scenarios, the couple contributes $480, but in the second scenario they get $30 per month more in savings.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

“The combination of quitting smoking, plus exercise plus a healthy diet all contributes to better lung function,” Lee says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Using mouse models that lacked either cDC1 cells or a related subtype called cDC2, the team explored how each cell population contributes to the immune response after mRNA cancer vaccination.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee