How to Use contributor in a Sentence

contributor

noun
  • And there are still 26 days to go for more contributors to weigh in.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Gavin has been a key contributor in the team’s run so far.
    — Eamonn Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
  • That meant a ton to me to go to Alabama, and not just be on the team, but be a contributor.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 23 May 2022
  • And that, studies have found, is a key contributor to a healthy, longer life.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In March 2021, Lara joined Fox News as a paid contributor.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The nearly 60% jumps for oil prices so far this year have been a big contributor to the very high inflation around the world.
    — Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022
  • Senior libero Nate Carter is the lone contributor from the state-runner-up team.
    — Nate Marrero, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Each year our staff and contributors round up their best gift ideas for cooks, eaters, and the kitchen-curious.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The odds that the 36-year-old is going to be a contributor on the next good Jazz team are just vanishingly small.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • This is the largest settlement with contributors to the opioid crisis in the U.S.
    — Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Housing has been the No. 1 contributor to still-high inflation in the U.S.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 22 June 2023
  • Russia, a longtime contributor to the ISS, has also left the project.
    — Yong Xiong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 25 July 2022
  • The Reds have had a rotating cast of key contributors who have stepped up during the team’s best stretch of baseball since 2021.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
  • All contributors are listed at the bottom of this page.
    — Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Don't be a contributor to what's making the problem worse.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2022
  • The second biggest group of contributors to Schiff have been lawyers and law firms, at $1.7 million.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
  • West will be enshrined for a third time later this year as a contributor.
    — Amy Maetzold, CBS News, 12 June 2024
  • Price’s own employees were among the largest contributors to the group seeking to keep her in office.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Legge, a transfer from Howard, and Shanley will be key contributors in the midfield.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Having too much to do is a major contributor to burnout.
    — Holly Burkett, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Reichel displayed the hands and hockey sense to be a contributor.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Property crime has been the largest contributor to the increase in total crime rates.
    — Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • With the new Notes on Media option, contributors can flag images as well as text.
    — Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 31 May 2023
  • Carson Ward was a big contributor with nine points and nine rebounds.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • That way, the 32-year-old could compete in the playoffs for the first time in his lengthy NHL career and bank on potting a few timely goals as a contributor on a long run.
    — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Birch Gold started in 2003 and has been a strong contributor to the precious metal industry for a while now.
    — Omni Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Saira Mueller, one of our gaming contributors, admonished me about that in the office the other day.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Glamour contributor Danielle Sinay who has wavy hair, loves this brush.
    — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The natural witch hazel will help purify skin by removing bacteria and excess sebum, the biggest contributor to breakouts.
    — Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There are many underlying reasons for this problem, but the archaic and misaligned compensation policies deployed by many European public companies are certainly a major contributor.
    — Alexander Savin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

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