ascribe to
Example Sentences
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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
We are unsure, from afar, what level of blame to ascribe to her.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
The contributions we ascribe to queer people are undoubtedly an undercount, given how many — past and present — have been forced to hide.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024
We have now found what we sought, in order to establish as a valid assertion the seeming paradox in the proof of the necessity that we ascribe to the relation between cause and effect.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
