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ascribe to

VERB
chalk up
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“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

It was also a "tough" decision because Mr Veevers did not ascribe to a specific custom, and no will had been presented to show that he wished "to exit the world in a certain way".

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

It’s definitely more than what people ascribe to it as a part of a show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

We are unsure, from afar, what level of blame to ascribe to her.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025

This change in the regency we may, perhaps, ascribe to the activities of Queen Emma, one of whose chief purposes in life was to disinherit her husband's illegitimate offspring.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus




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