factor in
Britishverb
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Take “ego,” a word that is strangely absent from Mr. Diamond’s book but is an important factor in determining some of the most consequential actions of leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The National Crime Agency has said law enforcement had been a "key factor" in getting the numbers down.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
He will also have to factor in his salary and the earnings test.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The OpenAI agents are built for different purposes, but an underappreciated factor in their going hacker mode is that the company’s own staffers were negligent and careless in monitoring their own experiments.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
That contrast between the immediate virtues of wheat and barley and the difficulties posed by teosinte may have been a significant factor in the differing developments of New World and Eurasian human societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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