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The phrase "a contributory factor" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It can be used to describe a factor that contributes to a particular outcome or situation. Here are some examples of how it can be used in a sentence: - Lack of sleep was a contributory factor in his poor performance on the exam. - Climate change is considered a major contributory factor to the extinction of certain animal species. - The company's success can be attributed to several contributory factors, including strong leadership and innovative products. - Poverty, lack of education, and social inequality are all contributory factors to the high crime rate in this community. - The use of fossil fuels is a significant contributory factor to the current environmental crisis.
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The environment is thought to be a contributory factor.
Was the way social services were run during the 1970s and 1980s somehow a contributory factor?
He thinks radiation was, at most, a contributory factor to his father's death.
QED, it's not rapists who think skimpy outfits are a contributory factor.
As I see it, Palestinian violence was a contributory factor, but not the main cause.
I'm not citing that as an excuse but it may have been a contributory factor.
They were able to show that Mendoza's TB was a "contributory factor" in his death.
Time was probably a contributory factor, but there is also the possibility of concerns about official disapproval.
In part it is market, but market share is also a contributory factor, and competition isn't about to ease off.
"It is not clear how much of a contributory factor M-Cat has made to these deaths".
The reclamation of postwar modernist architecture by the intelligentsia has been a contributory factor in the privatisation of social housing.
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a contributory role
a contributory reason
a concurring factor
a qualifying factor
a contributory criterion
a concurrent factor
a conducive factor
a contributory issue
a contributory version
a contributory session
a contributory manner
a contributory way
a contributory welfare
a contributory infringer
a contributory determinant
a contributory benefit
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