attribute
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Allison Cole of Arizona State University and three co-authors attribute this not to advisers’ incentives to market stocks, but to advisers’ own preferences: They themselves have above-average equity allocations, even after they stop advising clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 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
This makes them especially useful for experiments because scientists can minimize genetic variation and more confidently attribute behavioral differences to psilocybin rather than inherited traits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“I never heard anyone attribute that to Ernest,” he said.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Skipworth attributes the business woes to the fact that 55% of its restaurants in the U.S. are in areas that overindex to consumers who are under the most economic stress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
She attributes this expected progression to a phenomenon called the "birth cohort effect."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Another book reportedly attributes the ancient Tamil poem Madurai Kanchi to an incorrect author.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
He attributes his successes to Lula's social policies, having won a scholarship before going on to graduate as a lawyer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
New Twelves were called to the stage individually and their attributes described.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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Mullin attributed the outage to “putting patches into the system” and said that new equipment and technology overwhelmed the older system.
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
Angelo Kourkafas of Edward Jones attributed the pullback in those two stocks to profit-taking.
From Barron's ● 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
And teen-age kids from Milagro who boxed down in the Chamisaville High School always winkingly attributed their victories to the fact that they had had El Brazo Onofre in their corner.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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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
But he felt out of place at home, attributing his desire to leave Germany to his country’s “tall-poppy” syndrome—the idea that successful people get criticized and cut down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
We have long known of the clue you mention; in fact, that clue remains our strongest one in attributing this work to the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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