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ascribe

[uh-skrahyb] / əˈskraɪb /


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But economists generally ascribe that to the combined effects of an aging population and an immigration crackdown that has reduced the supply of available workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

We can, of course, ascribe personal accountability to the millions of people who carry credit-card debt month to month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

We do not ascribe likelihoods to either scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

If one likes, one could ascribe this randomness to the intervention of God, but it would be a very strange kind of intervention: there is no evidence that it is directed toward any purpose.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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

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

"It bears noting that the court has never taken the position the defence ascribes to it: that former 'President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned,'" Judge Chutkan wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023

The special power that belongs to the gospel Christ ascribes altogether to this cause.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by G. G. Findlay

The analyst ascribed a $973 million valuation to EchoStar’s broadband and satellite businesses, while calling its wireless division “not worthless.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s worth noting that Apple recently raised prices on many products, but the company ascribed those increases to higher costs for memory chips, driven up by intense demand from AI firms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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 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

The gravitational force between the sun and the earth is ascribed to the exchange of gravitons between the particles that make up these two bodies.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

But it’s not like Altman doesn’t see the value in ascribing just a little bit of humanlike shine to A.I. models.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

At the current $159 price tag, Jonas believes the market values SpaceX’s Starlink and rocket-launch business at $127 per share, ascribing just $32 of value to the company’s enterprise and consumer AI business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“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

I tell you what, Mose, this sure is somebody’s kind of truth, but I wouldn’t be ascribing it to God.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe


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