How to Use human factors in a Sentence

human factors

noun
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  • How were human factors used to frame the context of a decision?
    — Aaron Burciaga, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The effect of all these human factors is why many consider pricing to be an art.
    — Gaurav Aggarwal, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • In the rest of South Florida, the money for python removal is public (or tribal), the number of staff is greater and the emphasis is more on the human factor.
    — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • Overall, about 60% of all rail accidents happen in rail yards, and of those, more than half are caused by human factors or human error, the AAR says.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Anything that’s going to take him off of that will probably be attributed in some way to human factors.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 24 Feb. 2020
  • There are non-human factors influencing the amount of CO2 that the sensors would be detecting.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2018
  • This is known as the background extinction rate, which is the number of species that can be expected to go extinct over a period of time, based on non-human factors.
    — Andrew Bartlow, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • As of Friday, the Coast Guard was still investigating what caused the ship to run aground and could not say whether environmental or human factors may have played a role.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Climate change is not the only contributing human factor, though.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The human factor The fight to keep the Icelandic language in circulation should not be confused with isolationism.
    — Caitlin Hu, Quartz, 2 June 2019
  • Its top priority might be restoring the human factor—the essence of medicine—which has slipped away, taking with it the patient-doctor relationship.
    — Eric Topol, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Create a task force on human factors in aviation safety.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The report states the ignition source of the fire remains undetermined, but that no human factors contributed to the ignition.
    — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 7 May 2018
  • Humans are not as speedy as artificial intelligence, and other human factors get in the way as well.
    — Thomas Helfrich, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • But other human factors that put people in harm’s way and weren’t adequate to control the water were even bigger influences.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But other human factors that put people in harm's way and weren't adequate to control the water were even bigger influences.
    — Seth Borenstein, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Evaluation of human factors and functional tests of the new software.
    — Richard Weiss, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2019
  • There’s been plenty of attention on the scientific and engineering aspects of a mission to Mars, but what about the human factors?
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Killer storms like Irma and Maria have been blamed on global warming, a trend likely accelerated, if not caused, by human factors.
    — James Romm, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Scientists have an easier time finding dinosaurs in the west as a result of both natural and human factors.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The question Fosque and colleagues ask is whether human factors such as age and gender determine where on this line brain activity sits.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2022
  • In a statement to The Times, Viola said more than half of helicopter crashes result from human factors such as loss of control in flight and flying into bad weather.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Indonesian police said that the majority of forest fires were caused by human factors.
    — Eric Cheung, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Recently, elk have been vanishing throughout the United States—a trend thought to be driven by human factors like fishing, bear and wolf management, and climate change.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 19 June 2017
  • Despite news of a recent slowdown in sales, the number of people in these databases can only get bigger – though how much bigger will depend on many of the human factors at play in the quest for more information.
    — Libby Copeland, Time, 2 Mar. 2020
  • But human factors also are coming into play, Bannon said.
    — al, 30 July 2021
  • Figuring out the story of Greater Adria was difficult, not only because of the geology but also due to human factors.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The warming from greenhouse gases is actually greater than 2 F (1.1 C), but it has been masked by other human factors that have a cooling effect, such as air pollution.
    — Michael Wysession, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • In addition to his thoughts on the Magic City, Ohanian spoke not only about technology, but the importance of human factors in achievement.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 2 Aug. 2019
  • With fewer human factors to worry about, the shape and behavior of vehicles could change radically.
    — Pam Baker, Ars Technica, 5 Dec. 2018

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