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contribute (to)

verb

Definition of contribute (to)next
as in to bring about

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contribute (to)
  1. bring about
  2. cause
  3. draw on
  4. create
  5. generate
  6. bring
  7. produce
  8. bring on
Verb
  • The company expects to bring about 250 jobs with the manufacturing facility, with pay starting at $26 per hour.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But any system for sports that isn’t negotiated by labor—the athletes—is bound to bring about implementation and interpretation disagreements and, in some cases, litigation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of bring about
Verb
  • No animals that might cause people to wonder, or to feel wonder, at their own place in the universe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But groups like the Hollywood labor guilds are celebrating the settlement news, as the staring contest between Ellison and the AGs caused paralysis in development and spending seemingly across the board at both companies.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cause
Verb
  • Their evaluation also draws on performance metrics from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) and objectives set by DOE programs.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Lisa Robertson’s Riverwork draws on all these influences, and many more, to evoke overlapping Parises that chime with one another like a ghostly carillon.
    — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of draw on
Verb
  • Venus in your private 12th house connects awkwardly with Uranus in your partnership zone, creating tension between closeness and the desire to disappear for a while.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Tessa Coates created the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner along with Matt Miller and director Peyton Reed.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of create
Verb
  • Let the machines do what’s mechanical—generating practice problems, flagging errors, grading the responses that are beyond discussion.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Both teams struggled at times to generate consistency with their passing attacks.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of generate
Verb
  • Michael Busch’s one-out walk brought the tying run to the plate in Alex Bregman, who barreled a ball to the deepest part of the park for a 383-foot flyout.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The outdoor garden was recently replanted earlier this year after city workers had to bring the side of the building up to code.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of bring
Verb
  • Chewing the drug produces a euphoric effect because of a psychoactive ingredient called arecoline, and millions of people are still betel users today.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Edwards produced 89 of them, while Willis added 35 on eight attempts before leaving.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of produce
Verb
  • Additionally, Nex has brought on Niantic vet Jeff Shouger as its chief financial officer and set Shouger and gaming and technology industry veteran Bing Gordon as new members of the company’s board of directors.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There’s enough pigment to cover dark spots and uneven tone, while hyaluronic acid, squalane, turmeric, and peptides bring on the skincare.
    — Mickey Williams, Flow Space, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of bring on
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