factor in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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She acknowledged that the success of a jockey is dependent on "being chosen", but is adamant that her gender isn't a factor in the opportunities she gets.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He will also have to factor in his salary and the earnings test.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The more important factor in whether the event will make a comeback, he said, is funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
The deciding factor in how they reacted wasn’t how emotionally secure they were, or whether they were intellectuals or jocks, or whether they were physically imposing or not.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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