ascribe to

Example Sentences

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How much meaning can we ascribe to an encore?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

“And that’s really disappointing and discouraging to a lot of female politicians who don’t ascribe to that type of behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

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

“Never ascribe to conspiracy what can be explained by reality and facts,” I was told.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 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