How to Use contributory in a Sentence

contributory

adjective

• Heat stress was listed as a contributory factor to her death.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 31 July 2024
• Both the cancer and the Covid were listed as contributory causes.
  — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2021
• The oil and gas companies can raise a contributory negligence defense on two fronts.
  — Ed Hirs, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• When the workplace becomes chaotic, there are usually many factors at play, and none are more contributory than the sheer volume of workflow.
  — Bill Adams, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• That last contributory condition had not been raised by an expert before, and several jurors jotted down notes.
  — Eric Ferkenhoff, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
• The report highlights the lack of female representation among both founders and investors as a contributory cause.
  — Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 4 July 2022
• The easiest Roth option (if your income is on the lower side) is a simple contributory Roth.
  — Leon Labrecque, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• And the Fed’s supposedly contributory policy moves were far too small to matter.
  — Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• McLemore's history of methamphetamine withdrawal was cited as a contributory cause of death.
  — Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• The minister said that infected people circulating without masks was a contributory factor to the spike.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• The judge did not immediately rule on the request to dismiss the second and third claims for contributory and vicarious infringement.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
• His style of play -- more taxing than Federer -- is arguably a contributory factor in his litany of injuries while Nadal has more than once said there are too many hard-court tournaments.
  — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
• In other words, ending the $300 benefit appears to be only a small, contributory factor to the labor shortage.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• Alzheimer’s disease was a significant contributory factor in Hackman’s death.
  — Evan Bush, NBC news, 4 May 2026
• Otherwise, Stephen was in stable health with no other contributory medical or surgical problems.
  — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
• Murray’s actions carry weight in this case because IPS is raising contributory negligence as a defense.
  — Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2019
• There are quite a few contributory forums and panels which are helping Governments ultimately write the regulations.
  — Sriram Bhargav Madhav, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Governments, in turn, have launched a patchwork of non-contributory benefits for the mass of informals, undermining the point of enrolling in social security.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• And, if Google were to engage in such conduct, at least one court has suggested that Google might be civilly liable for contributory infringement under certain circumstances.
  — Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2017
• Supporters of the change call the contributory negligence doctrine harsh, noting that when a scooter or e-bike rider is struck and injured, he or she is barred from recovering any damages if the rider is even 1 percent negligent.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• Your genotypic score for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, summarizing the effects of many contributory genes, could prompt doctors to start monitoring you early.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
• By connecting their product with a noble social cause, Coolhaus is effectively inspiring contributory consumption amongst consumers.
  — Simon Mainwaring, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• The broken arm was listed as a contributory cause of death, after complications of Alzheimer's dementia, cardiovascular disease and emphysema.
  — Caitlin McGlade, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
• Disney also argued Redbox was encouraging customers to infringe its copyrights, which could make Redbox liable under the doctrine of contributory infringement.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2018
• One contributory factor may have been a loosening of the Dodd-Frank regulatory rules for medium-sized banks, which both parties in Congress approved in 2018 at the behest of the bank lobby.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
• Systemic examination was not contributory, and routine hematology and urine examination were normal.
  — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2010
• Tyson pointed to other religions' customs, like the Muslim practice of praying five times a day or Catholics attending mass, as significant contributory components to communities here on Earth.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
• Unlike the daily numbers produced by the government, the ONS includes deaths in care homes and hospices as well as cases where Covid-19 is only listed as a contributory factor on death certificates.
  — Eddie Spence, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2020
• Contributory factors include the traffic signals' interconnections with the railroad warning signals,investigators wrote.
  — Hannah Leone, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 June 2017
• An animal sedative not meant for human consumption was a contributory cause in 50 overdose deaths last year, the Hamilton County Coroner's office reported Wednesday.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2023