How to Use decisive/deciding/determining factor in a Sentence

decisive/deciding/determining factor

noun

• The speed at which the print head moves is a determining factor in how the final thread forms.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• The decisive factor would be the speed and quantity of lethal aid.
  — Jakub Grygiel, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2024
• Work should be the determining factor as to how long a client will be allowed to stay in shelter.
  — Robert Mascali, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Villa Park does seem to be a decisive factor in how Emery sets his team.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
• Her track record in the face of these challenges became a decisive factor in the mayor’s race.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
• And so money will not be the determining factor in this election.
  — Jessie Van Berkel, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
• As to which model to choose, budget will be the determining factor.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
• Price Price will be a huge determining factor in your purchase.
  — Ashley Zlatopolsky, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
• The pandemic may have proved a decisive factor in Biden’s win.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 7 Nov. 2020
• Now, though, strategists on both sides tend to believe turning out the base is a more decisive factor, even in midterms.
  — Ronald Brownstein, CNN, 22 June 2021
• But per usual, overall health will be the determining factor in how far this team can go this season.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
• But that muddles the issue with something that shouldn’t be any kind of determining factor.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• The determining factor seemed to be whether the membrane was squished hard enough to force it into liquid-crystal form.
  — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
• Weingarten said vaccines have been the decisive factor in her vision for a fall reopening.
  — Collin Binkley, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
• But there is still time for the infrastructure vote to become a decisive factor, Kahn said.
  — Danielle Duclos, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2021
• The grade can be a consideration, but should not be the sole determining factor.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
• Could money alone be the determining factor on where Soto plans to spend the next decade-plus of his big-league career?
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
• However, how he is viewed by the front office could be a big determining factor in getting a deal across the finish line.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2025
• But the move to publish the manifesto ended up being the decisive factor.
  — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 15 June 2023
• Age alone is not the determining factor of a person’s capacity to serve.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024
• And many in the industry believe that platform payments could become a decisive factor in the short-form video wars.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
• The divergence could be a decisive factor in whether the Democrat secures a second term next year.
  — Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Tessum, who was not involved in the new report, says race really is the determining factor.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• Of course, that depends on the material, the true determining factor of a good or bad auction season.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• The debate over city and county achievements will only be one aspect of the campaign, and perhaps not the determining factor.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Russia’s advantage in heavy artillery so far has been the decisive factor in the Donbas campaign.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• If are going to worry about the eye test being the decisive factor and not just break a tie, then just put the same teams in every year based on talent and recruiting.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2022
• This proved to be the decisive factor in persuading him to swap Glasgow for the West Midlands.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• Age and Maturity Your child’s age is a determining factor when selecting the right phone for them.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
• Thankfully, age is not the determining factor for whether or not someone can save in a Roth IRA.
  — Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2022