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attribution

[a-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌæ trəˈbju ʃən /
NOUN
act of attributing
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“We are not seeking publicity or attribution for the individuals involved and are declining interviews.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

They also called for a common framework for attribution studies, noting that differing methods "sometimes leads to confusion among the public and other stakeholders when studies of the same event produce different results."

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

The appearance of consciousness in large language models is not achieved in a way that is sufficiently similar to us to warrant attribution of conscious states.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Thanks in part to that wrong attribution, Ad Herennium was the most popular handbook right through to the Renaissance.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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