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Having that immersion in your business world can be a real X factor.
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Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Every team faces difficult decisions this time of year, but this trade deadline has some X factors that go beyond the usual player evaluations and roster analysis.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 30 July 2025
The X factor: 35 percent With the Big Ten and SEC at loggerheads over the format, don’t discount the potential for a compromise.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
But that’s predicated on an enhanced valuation for the Streaming & Studios entity, and right now the size of such a lift is still an X factor.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 June 2025
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Ryan McFarland, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Every team faces difficult decisions this time of year, but this trade deadline has some X factors that go beyond the usual player evaluations and roster analysis.
—Chad Jennings, New York Times, 30 July 2025
The X factor: 35 percent With the Big Ten and SEC at loggerheads over the format, don’t discount the potential for a compromise.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
But that’s predicated on an enhanced valuation for the Streaming & Studios entity, and right now the size of such a lift is still an X factor.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 June 2025
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“X factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/X%20factor. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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