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It was the deciding factor.
Definition
something that affects a result or outcome
- The Time and Truth Factors.5 — Hunting Wild Asses (28% in)
- Time Product Factor.2 — When the Exorcist Shall Go to the House of the Patient... (38% in)
- All had something to do with Mayor Mullen's Time-Product-Factor.5 — Hunting Wild Asses (28% in)
- And who's to decide when holding out for the Whole Truth is warranted by the Truth-Product-Factor?5 — Hunting Wild Asses (30% in)
There are no more uses of "factor" flagged with this meaning in The Sunlight Dialogues.
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- But a man like Boyle ... "The Truth-Product-Factor," he said aloud.5 — Hunting Wild Asses (28% in)
- And then the politicians get into it, with their talk about the Productive Time Factor and Public Relations, not to mention the relatives they want to give jobs ... and yet all the citizens, the newspapers expect ...1 — The Watchdog (53% in)
There are no more uses of "factor" in The Sunlight Dialogues.
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