attribute
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The researchers attribute the supplement's promising effects to its combination of two ingredients: resistant starch and psyllium husk.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
“I attribute it to Ukraine’s midrange strike campaign—that’s a critical capability that they didn’t have in 2025,” said George Barros, an analyst at ISW.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
I can attribute that to being one of 13, being on stage with stand-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Economists attribute to immigrants the bulk of U.S. population growth from 1990 to 2015.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Zanesville syndicate looked at all the best natural qualities of the country and decided to attribute them to Odessa whether they were there or not.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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She attributes this expected progression to a phenomenon called the "birth cohort effect."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
They’re not around to tell us and cannot take issue with the words the author puts in their mouths, the actions he attributes to them, or the interpretations he offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Lenat’s team was wary of the pitfalls of vesting their machine with human attributes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Gabriella Booth, 29, was introduced to the series in 2013, but attributes ACOTAR's explosion in popularity to both the pandemic and "BookTok" - a TikTok community dedicated to sharing what people are reading and writing.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
One trouble with this view is that it attributes to biology and medicine a much greater store of usable information, with coherence and connectedness, than actually exists.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Special Agent in Charge of Cyber & Counterintelligence at FBI Los Angeles, Jeremy Robertson, details the #FaceStealer social engineering scheme attributed to North Korean hackers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Pei-ju Lee, an analyst at investment advisor Bradley, Foster&Sargent, attributed the sector’s declines to reports suggesting Nvidia’s “circular investment” strategies could come under review with the eventual appointment of a new CEO.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Wood said the criticism attributed to her was of poor quality, as were the artworks.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
This was a cyberattack, attributed to Iran by French intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
At first everyone attributed their absence to a routine railroad delay, but as the hours passed, Burnham’s anxiety grew.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Tamburini said, attributing his survival to unusually warm ocean waters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
It also means that many criminal offenses hinge on attributing a wrongful act to the mental state of a human being.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
In psychoanalysis, projection involves attributing feelings, intentions, or qualities to someone else.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We have already strengthened our posture along the eastern flank and will continue to monitor the security environment, adjusting our deterrence and defense posture as needed,” Rutte wrote on X, without attributing blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
At first I paid little attention to the pain, attributing it to fatigue.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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