attributable

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"Hybrid warfare" is when a hostile state carries out an anonymous, deniable attack, usually in highly suspicious circumstances, but stops short of being an attributable act of war.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Forrester estimates that fewer than 100,000 of those job losses were primarily attributable to AI productivity gains or cost savings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Sheldon Jacobson, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a regular commentator on the aviation industry, tells me that the capacity issues are directly attributable to the lack of TSA pay.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

“The difference of €400m is attributable to €200m of tariffs and €200m of FX, although both of these were in forecasts to varying extents,” the analysts said on the weaker-than-expected guidance for the year.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

But if you believe this system effectively controls crime, consider this: standard estimates of the amount of crime reduction that can be attributable to mass incarceration range from 3 to 25 percent.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander