FACTOR (IN OR INTO) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

factor (in or into)

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as in to consider

to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies) you should factor in inflation in making investment decisions

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Marketed under the brand name Keytruda, pembrolizumab is considered to be something of a wonder drug in its own right, with just 30% of patients relapsing in the first two years of treatment.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Operators must consider what happens when that material eventually returns to Earth.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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Police received a call regarding a potential assault with a deadly weapon, according to LAPD spokesperson Officer Charles Miller.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Virginia Solicitor General Tillman Breckenridge faced the sharpest questions from the panel regarding the mask ban.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026

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Eventually, an edict from the top came that existing attorneys should not anticipate additions to the court teams, according to one source.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
That signal can be aggregated, correlated, and exploited by hostile foreign intelligence services to anticipate our movements, targets, and timing.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

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