figure into

phrasal verb

figured into; figuring into; figures into

: to be included as a part of (something)

Age may figure into the equation.

Examples of figure into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The sorts of voters who pay a lot of attention to politics and public affairs — the people who know who Michael Cohen is and how David Pecker figures into the hush money case — are overwhelmingly the types of people who have strongly partisan views. —

David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024 The ones with a price can be figured into your summer budget. —

Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 Isn’t there a place in art to transform real-life figures into fictional works? —

Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024 Or the state’s attorney general, who joined as a plaintiff, might figure into proceedings. —

The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024 GitHub’s Nat Friedman and investing partner Daniel Gross put that figure into Magic, which is building a better AI coding co-pilot. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024 The Washington Post also obtained emails and planning and financial documents that figured into the discussions. —

Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024 But these leaders will have to nominally be associated with the PA as part of the process of bringing new, uncorrupted figures into the PA—and to ensure that the PA does not use its power to undermine them. —

Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2024 Analysts translated these figures into three interest-rate cuts in 2024—a quarter point each time. —

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023

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