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And most people contend that plagiarism, cheating and ghostwriting are all cut from the same cloth because they all lack the spark that we ascribe to truly original thinking and writing.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

They caution against accepting narratives that ascribe human traits to nonhuman things and suggest this incident was merely a case of poor security practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

“Nonsense. You cannot ascribe emotions to a dybbuk.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

But all the excellence that Jacob ascribes to Reuben serves only to embitter the doom pronounced upon him.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods

That’s how Wagner found Daniel Paul, an architectural historian who researched and documented the 38-foot-tall cupola-style structure built in 1960 by Van Tassel, who ascribed it miraculous powers including antigravity, rejuvenation and time travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

The plaintive observation, ascribed to the early Victorian British Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne about the acerbically self-confident historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, remains the motto of the thoughtfully skeptical man through the ages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

But Hesiod has much to say about the gods, and a second poem, usually ascribed to him, the Theogony, is entirely concerned with mythology.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“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

Although Barrett strays away from ascribing universal meaning to dreams and encourages dreamers to interpret their dreams for themselves, Salon asked her to unpack what’s going on with five commonly reported nightmares.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023

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