ascribe to

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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 learn more about her backstory by the film’s end, but what qualities did you ascribe to her character?

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2024

We have the falsity which the disgusted automatist is sometimes fain to ascribe to a devil; though it is in reality not a devil, but a dream.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)