attributable
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Although it is difficult to quantify deaths attributable to vitamin K deficiency, there is clearly a large jump in the number of parents declining the vitamin K shot.
From Salon • May 7, 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
"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
“That’s directly attributable to resource issues at the IRS.”
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Most such expansions appear to be attributable to the advantages that speakers of the ancestral language, belonging to food-producing societies, held over hunter-gatherers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Hillary Clinton's APEC Speech (2011)
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