The extensive use of the costly pigment ultramarine in the paintings of Johannes Vermeer—creator of masterpieces such as Woman with a Lute (ca. 1662–1663)—was likely __________ as much by the pigment’s chemical durability as by its exclusiveness and vivid blue hue: relative to indigo and other blue pigments employed by Vermeer and his contemporaries, ultramarine is less susceptible to degradation.
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hardWhich choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A
constrained
B
motivated
C
expedited
D
preempted