DETERMINANTS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

determinants

noun

plural of determinant

as in factors

formal a thing that controls or influences what happens

—often + of Level of education is often a determinant of income.

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Recent Examples of determinants One of us is a social epidemiologist who studies the social and structural determinants of health, and the other is a prevention scientist who studies risk and protective factors among young people. — Jonathan Wright, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 The article emphasizes that daily life conditions and behaviors within the home, not just clinic visits, are primary determinants of well-being. — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Age matters, Bonnet said, when considering risk factors like diabetes, hypertension, social determinants of health, and smoking. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026 Serlie and colleagues are now studying determinants of weight loss success after bariatric surgery. — Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 But the costs of the race will also be destiny determinants, as investors question the massive sums of capital being deployed and the timeline for seeing a return on the investment. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Because even if Anthropic wanted to play that role, being both the provider of a hackable service and the blocking of cyberterrorists, the insurance companies, the determinants of who gets coverage, would never allow it. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 July 2026 Both parameters were identified as the most important determinants of the fill factor at low voltage losses. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026 Some count ratings or awards as determinants of quality, while count changes to policy and laws or special commissions of inquiry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 May 2026

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Some lenders use standard factors by industry; others will accept a letter from a CPA attesting to the business’s actual expense ratio, which can meaningfully improve the income calculation for a lean operation.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Other complicating factors can include things like child custody, income, housing and other circumstances that can make domestic survivors feel stuck.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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Israel has traditionally avoided official dialogue with far-right parties in Europe, where many factions have direct antecedents in post-Second World War neofascist movements.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Her model suggests that antecedents, physiological state and consequences continuously influence one another, with behavior emerging as the result of that interaction.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026

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