attribute
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Drama kings say this illustrates the death of old-school masculinity, while medical experts such as Goncalves attribute it to other factors, including an increase in obesity and diabetes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The study, however, didn’t attribute the lengthening delays to flaws in the single-payer system, but rather to the increasing complexity of cancer care and changes in hospital practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Klein also points out that despite the uptick in bond yields that many commentators attribute to unsustainable fiscal deficits has caused “so far zero evidence of any looming slowdown in U.S. economic data.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Iceland is now one of Europe's most affluent nations and Eirikur Bergmann, professor of politics at Bifröst University, told the BBC that "many people attribute this to Iceland's independence".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
They would attribute their attitudes to some more obvious, logical cause.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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His other five attributes can include “reflective and future focused” and a “global citizen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
One REC typically represents the renewable attributes of 1 megawatt-hour of renewable generation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Price attributes the current failures to a "complete lack of a plan or accountability".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
One sector that saw a modest bump was manufacturing - a gain the Canadian government attributes to consumers and businesses buying more made-in-Canada products.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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While McKenna noted this is primarily attributed to trust funds, it doesn’t mean the average Gen Z-er has a trust to call upon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
They estimate that about 0.034 percent of autism cases in the country can be attributed to these infections.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The company attributed the decline primarily to the sale of its U.S. yogurt business last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The first failure this month was attributed to a previously undetected software flaw, which had an impact due to a very specific set of circumstances combining in a millisecond.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Even El Jefe had attributed the failure of the invasion from Cayo Confites to our patron saint.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The development group publicly disavowed the actions, attributing them to an unnamed security contractor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
While Netflix does not offer a free service, the streaming giant in October 2022 began offering a lower-priced ad-supported option, later attributing the offering with a boost in subscription counts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
I described Dad’s symptoms, attributing them not to my father but to a fictive uncle.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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