Example Sentences

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The revised plan included cutting a bracket to improve access to an area that may have been contributing to the leak.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Concerns of a potential artificial-intelligence disruption to software companies have been contributing to market volatility across the direct lending and leveraged finance market, S&P says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A recent downturn in open roles could have been contributing to the strain on job seekers, keeping many unemployed for longer.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

For many years, we have been contributing to discourse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

I have been contributing to a London weekly, as Crimean correspondent, with occasional letters from the gold diggings.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James