attribution
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"Even when all suspicions point toward Iran or Iran-aligned groups, governments may avoid immediate public attribution because they want to preserve room for de-escalation and avoid being trapped into a military response," Bitar said.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
But ghost writing in a scientific review violates ethical guidelines for attribution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
But he knows that, if a critic can’t draw enlightening connections, attribution is only a parlor game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Lesley Stevenson, senior conservator of paintings at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, is among several experts who have since confirmed the Raeburn attribution.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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