factor in

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to take account of (something) when making a calculation

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factor in Idioms  

1. Figure in, include as a basic element. For example, In preparing the schedule we factored in vacation and sick days. This term comes from mathematics. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

The good news is that investors already factor in cyclicality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Indeed, nostalgia has sometimes been a dangerous factor in California politics, unleashing the Spanish fantasy heritage movement, Prop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

And when you factor in inflation, “real wages are not growing as quickly as they did in the latter 2010s,” he writes.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Whether inflation comes back down in the coming years will be a key factor in how history remembers Powell.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

Berkeley had few faculty positions to offer members of the Rad Lab, and, in any case, sending his people out into the world was a crucial factor in spreading the cyclotron gospel.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik