Example Sentences

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And the Fed will have contributed to a new golden age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Looking closely at that 30-year period, both people will have contributed the same amount of money: $6,500 a year, or a total of $195,000.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023

While equity and bond selloffs had a bigger impact, the dollar’s more than 5% rise in this period will have contributed as well.

From Reuters • May 6, 2022

"It's likely that a number of factors will have contributed to the increase in the number of service users who died while in treatment during 2020 to 2021," the report says.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2021

Everyone who buys the furniture will have contributed to the destruction of the forest, and the destruction of the forest contributes to the process of global warming.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall