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attribution

[a-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌæ trəˈbyu ʃən /
NOUN
act of attributing
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The system will allow merchants to retain ownership of customer relationships and data, and receive ChatGPT referral attribution in their admin.

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In the climate science chapter, footnote 77 says “discussion of attribution research has been adapted, and, in some cases, excerpted from the authors’ prior publications on this topic.”

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In 2025 Germany recorded 320 sabotage attempts, though “clear attribution remains challenging because the perpetrators are rarely identified,” the report says.

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But he knows that, if a critic can’t draw enlightening connections, attribution is only a parlor game.

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Across porous borders with high regional caseloads, repeated reintroductions of a common strain make precise attribution of outbreak sources difficult.

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