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attribute

[uh-trib-yoot, a-truh-byoot] / əˈtrɪb jut, ˈæ trəˌbjut /




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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

Tax authorities attribute this in large part to inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier was careful not to attribute blame, but said: "These incidents of course show once again how cyber-attacks can disrupt essential services and affect citizens' daily lives."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“From our pets to our cars, we infer and attribute emotions, intentions, and minds to non-human entities,” Suleyman wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

This phenomenon leads to nonsense when people attribute the regression to the mean to some particular scientific law, rather than to the natural behavior of any random quantity.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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

"Liam has got some great attributes," said North.

From BBC ● 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

It was because of attributes such as these that over a hundred schools wrote to Derric telling him that they would be privileged to have him on their college campuses the next year.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

A stunning plate made between 1540 and 1555 in Iznik, the ceramics center of the Ottoman Empire, is attributed to Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent’s chief artist, Shah Quli.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

He attributed the lackluster performance to the Georgia incident and its related ride closures, as well as bad weather on crucial weekends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 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

"We do not endorse the representations or purported services attributed to him."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The synchrotron principle has ever since been attributed to McMillan and Veksler, who discovered it nearly simultaneously but certainly independently, working half a world apart.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

Meanwhile, her new husband fluttered among the diners attributing his mother-in-law’s absence to a sudden attack of asthma and his bride’s tears to the emotions of the occasion.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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