contribute (to)

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Verb
  • Those negotiations on Friday in Turkey brought about a limited exchange of prisoners but no pause in the fighting.
    Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • While both Voyager spacecraft remain operational, however, their age and immense distance from Earth have brought about significant technical challenges.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • As for tornado fatalities, this year, many of the twisters that caused deaths occurred in Missouri, Tennessee, and Mississippi, the Storm Prediction Center said.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • O’Brien ranks 22nd in NCAA history in career caused turnovers with 160, which shatters Lacey Leigh Hentz’s previous school record of 146.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The border is technically man-made: It was drawn on a map by the governments of America and Britain, which controlled Canada until 1867.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • Editors’ Picks The case against Mr. Guzmán López in Chicago drew on the work of investigators from that city, Washington and San Diego, incorporating a vast trove of evidence from cooperating witnesses.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • The proprietary process recovers up to 98 percent of critical metals while minimizing contaminants, creating a ready feedstock for downstream refiners.
    William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Especially because the way it was created was just a Hail Mary.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • At the time, the sample didn't generate any hits in the national system of missing persons.
    David Chiu, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The new pope from Chicago brings some optimism that the city has an ally in a high place.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • What Military Veterans Know About Leadership Military veterans bring a wealth of leadership experience and skills to the civilian workforce.
    Scott Graybeal, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The maker produced glassware throughout the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, offering everything from highballs to serving pieces.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2025
  • Often, knockout competition can produce the ‘wrong’ winners, but this World Cup was decided by a league table, which tends to favour the better sides on paper, and Brazil still couldn’t get over the line.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Verb
  • The species is considered vulnerable, and rare, because there is a small population that is geographically separated from one another, brought on by hunting and habitat destruction, according to the IUCN.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
  • This romance was easygoing from the beginning, and while an explosive fight brought on by an old love triangle threatened to blow it up, nothing can overcome a love this pure.
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
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“Contribute (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contribute%20%28to%29. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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