attribute
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Romanian authorities did not immediately attribute a cause for the incident.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
In 2021, she lost her home in a catastrophic wildfire that she and other locals attribute to climate change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The researchers attribute this difference to the distinct internal structures of the two materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Analysts attribute the rebounding flow of oil to three key factors:
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But in Pretoria he was a bit sensitive and testy, and I attribute this to Stephen Tefu.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Gordon says that since his move to Spain he has changed people's perception of him being a player who is only quick and presses well, even if they are two of his best attributes.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
She attributes some of the gender divide to the fact that the two demographics are often presented with different informational realities, though it is difficult to quantify.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
He attributes some of that to the group maintaining its original five members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“It certainly represents victory and all those attributes about the Olympics. But it also brings people together, and it’s a symbol of hope and what the Olympic movement really does for everyone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Big-men achieve that status by their own attributes; the position is not inherited.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Last fall, Hijazi went to the emergency room with heart problems, which she attributed to the vitriol, she said in a text message to Knott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Fishing gear was responsible for 46% of the cases, with the rest attributed to ropes or lines not directly tied to fishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The remains attributed to Samuel will be laid in a white sarcophagus made from marble quarried in the Prilep region of North Macedonia, public broadcaster BNT said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Her work allowed the team to validate the August 24 date attributed to Pliny the Younger to within two months.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
She was to concede that she may have attributed more deliberation than was feasible to her thirteen-year-old self.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In January, he took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal attributing his past behaviour to his bipolar disorder.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Words such as “believed,” “thought” and “decided” are convenient shorthand, but they also risk attributing human mental states when the evidence supports only observed behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some experts warn that attributing too much to AI could give tech companies a loophole to avoid responsibility and liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Although many people greeted the new forensic sciences with reverence, attributing to them a godlike power, they were often susceptible to human error.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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