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Nowadays, the group can hardly exert control of areas within Yemen itself, and again, the intelligence community in 2025 and 2026 can only ascribe “intent” to the group and not actual attacks.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026
“We ascribe to them too much competence. I do not consider what’s happening now to be the result of great strategic thinking.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
And while a cursory examination of the film might ascribe that attribute to the public’s taste for poorly made, mid-tier trash, that conclusion would be wholly incorrect.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
“We would ascribe that to data which reinforces the probability the Fed will cut rates in December, but was not so bad that you worry the economy is slowing precipitously,” he said via phone.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Today, MS ascribes no value to Resolution in its base case for either company, Anand says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Papic ascribes a 60% probability to the conflict ending in approximately two weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Lu ascribes the game’s longevity to none other than community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
What is important is that he is able to convince fanatic followers of the sacred mission he ascribes to himself as well as to them.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
The bees are very fond of the blossoms, but popular tradition ascribes a poisonous quality to the honey made from them.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Liberty ascribed NV Energy’s decision to new “market circumstances” in the latter’s home service region.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The company ascribed clear numbers to what management called “improving AI adoption,” highlighting three AI-linked business that had achieved over $1 billion in annual recurring revenue as of the end of the first quarter.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
The capital influx would be a major catalyst for Oracle, as the market seems to have ascribed “negative value” to the OpenAI relationship, Luria noted.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
Every now and then at flea markets, or in the occasional photography book, I come across one of Plantagenet’s old pictures, usually erroneously ascribed to the twenties because of the Daimler.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025
But, having no reason to demand a toxicology report and with their father ascribing the symptoms to Gisèle’s tendency to “overdo,” they were forced to accept vague diagnoses associated with aging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
She adds that she would be cautious about ascribing any particular attributes to either men or women in the industry, to avoid perpetuating stereotypes.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
When it came to my choices, I tried to be somewhat unpredictable, to prevent anyone from ascribing any sort of message to what I wore.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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