attributable
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Researchers say the lower number is probably attributable to the higher-than-average seasonal rainfall in Southern California, a region that has historically dominated the “honor roll” list.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
"It is an inherent feature of screening programmes that false negative results will occur and some of these will be attributable to human error," he said.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Net profit attributable to shareholders rose to 1.61 billion kronor in the quarter from 1.2 billion kronor the prior year, as sales fell 12% to 72.62 billion kronor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
More than a third of all the improper overpayments, or $57 billion, are attributable to Medicare, the GAO says in its latest report.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
To find a documented poisoning attributable to wild sweet pea, I had to go all the way back to the nineteenth-century annals of Arctic exploration.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing attributable
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