ascribe

To ascribe to particular diets and exercise practices that micro-optimize your body is one thing; you may be putting yourself through trials the Jackass guys would never dare, but at least it’s your own body.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

And while a cursory examination of the film might ascribe that attribute to the public’s taste for poorly made, mid-tier trash, that conclusion would be wholly incorrect.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

How much meaning can we ascribe to an encore?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

We ascribe $3 billion of revenue to Amgen’s GLP-1 drug, MariTide, in Phase 3 clinical trials, which we view as potentially differentiated.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

If one likes, one could ascribe this randomness to the intervention of God, but it would be a very strange kind of intervention: there is no evidence that it is directed toward any purpose.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Papic ascribes a 60% probability to the conflict ending in approximately two weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

As he spoke, Cenni removed his sock to reveal a large portion of his foot missing, an injury he ascribes to the kitchen attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

He ascribes Poland's rapid military build-up to "first of all, the geopolitical situation, but also, the experience of history."

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Blackwell ascribes her extreme dog love to never having had a childhood pet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

This idea, besides its being unsupported by any analogy we are acquainted with, ascribes a greater continuity to organized matter than we can readily admit.

From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward

"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

He thinks Citrini Research should have ascribed probabilities to all their scenarios to make them more valuable.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

His embrace of the soon-to-be mayor can most likely be ascribed to a sensible desire to get off on the right foot with the boss of America’s largest city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Thus far, investors haven’t ascribed much value to the business—or, if anything, negative value.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Every now and then at flea markets, or in the occasional photography book, I come across one of Plantagenet’s old pictures, usually erroneously ascribed to the twenties because of the Daimler.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

But, having no reason to demand a toxicology report and with their father ascribing the symptoms to Gisèle’s tendency to “overdo,” they were forced to accept vague diagnoses associated with aging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

“I absolutely do not agree with that statement. In Bangladesh, our high commissioners talk to all political parties without ascribing any labels,” says Ms Sikri.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024

When it came to my choices, I tried to be somewhat unpredictable, to prevent anyone from ascribing any sort of message to what I wore.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama