Contributing to
Reason and contributing to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Contributing to".
Reason
Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Contributing to and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contributing to" instead a verb "Reason".
Both terms in one sentence
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In addition to being physically large, he spends most of the story seemingly channelling William Shatner for whatever reason, contributing to the cheese factor of this story.
- Before he is killed in the epilogue, he states that the reason he left the Gang and had you set up to die on the boat is because of how far the gang derailed off his vision of solving the ongoing gang wars in Stillwater, contributing to the problem in the process.
Source: Jerkass Has a Point -
Honor Before Reason: In Episode 16, Suzaku refuses to save Nunnally, who was kidnapped and bound to a trap, because he doesn't want to be sexist towards her by contributing to the Damsel in Distress trope.
Source: Web Video / Code MENT
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