Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contributing (to)
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The first significant storm in five weeks continued to douse the Bay Area with rain, bringing about 1 foot of snow to the Sierra at the higher elevations.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Properly understood, justice is intrinsically good for us, bringing about the health, harmony, and good order of the soul.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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Watt, drawing on his own years of experience, offered more perspective.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Both candidates are drawing on their law enforcement experience to chase a chance in the general election.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Feb. 2026
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MangoAI is a stealth-mode company, whose technology can be used for creating short videos for advertising.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Interested consumers now have a range of options, though all are costly, not covered by insurance and carry risks like overdiagnosis or creating a false sense of security.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Last year, Meta made a $14 billion investment in Scale AI — which operates in a similar space as Mercor — bringing on its then-28-year-old founder Alexandr Wang as its chief AI officer.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Plus, learn when bringing on the help of a tax relief professional can be warranted.—
Jessica Walrack,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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This is causing all sorts of interpersonal problems that HR has flatly refused to get involved with.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Heavy snow and gusty winds created blizzard conditions, causing chaos on Interstate 95 up the busy Northeast corridor.—
Sarah Lynch Baldwin,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Researchers have become successful in generating electricity from compression using a flexible nylon-film device.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The endorsement comes years after Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, who later won a Nobel Prize for his stem cell research, first succeeded in generating iPS cells from mice in 2006.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Contributing (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contributing%20%28to%29. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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