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attribute

[uh-trib-yoot, a-truh-byoot] / əˈtrɪb jut, ˈæ trəˌbjut /




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If she is addicted to fame, mendacity, theatrical performance or whatever pathology some attribute to her, we are addicted to her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

MarketWatch will not attribute your comments to you by name without your permission.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

In 2021, she lost her home in a catastrophic wildfire that she and other locals attribute to climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The researchers attribute this difference to the distinct internal structures of the two materials.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

When the patient doesn’t react in the predicted way, but in a very different manner, the analyst may attribute the opposite behavior to “reaction-formation.”

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

He attributes his successes to Lula's social policies, having won a scholarship before going on to graduate as a lawyer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Super Micro Computer attributes the higher revenue expectations to increasing demand for artificial intelligence platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Snider and his team suggested focusing on defensive industry stocks with “quality” attributes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

She attributes some of the gender divide to the fact that the two demographics are often presented with different informational realities, though it is difficult to quantify.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

And finally, the relationship between an organism’s physical or mental attributes and heredity was much more complex than anticipated.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The company said it amended guidance partially due to the Lysol disruption, which it attributed to temporary manufacturing capacity constraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Written on the walls of the heritage centre is the quote attributed to Bevan about creating the NHS in 1948: "We will Tredegarise you."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Australian companies attributed the downturn to both the impact of higher prices and higher interest rates eroding demand, said Jingyi Pan, economics associate director at S&P Global Market Intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The scramble for safety was attributed to a confluence of factors suddenly plaguing the market all at once.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

A dramatic one-year spike in test scores might initially be attributed to a good teacher; but with a dramatic fall to follow, there’s a strong likelihood that the spike was brought about by artificial means.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

It also means that many criminal offenses hinge on attributing a wrongful act to the mental state of a human being.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

In psychoanalysis, projection involves attributing feelings, intentions, or qualities to someone else.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Optical stocks were hit especially hard in Monday’s action, with analysts attributing the moves in part to cautious commentary about AI spending.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Herman said registrations for .si web addresses in September stood out "very clearly" against the other months in the year, although she was "cautious" about attributing the entire increase to only President Trump's comments.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

We have long known of the clue you mention; in fact, that clue remains our strongest one in attributing this work to the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg


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