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attribute

Definition for attribute

verb as in ascribe, assign to source

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Otsuki's management attributed the interruption of her performance on Friday to "unavoidable circumstances".

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"You can attribute some of the issues to the pandemic but, overall, what's happened is essentially we don't have the resources we used to have," said Ms McLaughlin.

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By 1707, Scotland was an independent nation no more, as a song attributed to Robert Burns put it, bought and sold for English gold.

The article attributes this shift to structural changes in information consumption, particularly voters’ ability to selectively curate news feeds and avoid stories they prefer not to engage with.

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Imagine your dream location and make a list of all the attributes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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