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attribution

[a-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌæ trəˈbju ʃən /
NOUN
act of attributing
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There’s an assumption that the second half is Shakespeare’s, but scholars continue to quarrel over attribution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

CJP expert Michael Wehner sent a nonpublic draft of his attribution module to Roger Worthington, who represents an Oregon county in a $51 billion climate suit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Arday suggested any mistakes in attribution were due to his autism.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The decision attracted attention particularly because the NAS had weeks earlier released a comprehensive review of climate attribution science.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Typical Connectives but, while, however, nonetheless, yet despite, even though One other major coherence relation doesn’t easily fit into Hume’s trichotomy, attribution: so-and-so believes such-and-such.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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