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attribute

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




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The WHO verifies and records attacks on healthcare but does not attribute blame as it is not an investigation agency.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Scientists currently attribute that acceleration to dark energy, a phenomenon whose underlying nature remains poorly understood.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

“Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

"I suppose people attribute the more coercive and economically less helpful policies to Xi personally but associate more positive elements, such as technological advances, to China more broadly."

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

But Jean Price doesn’t attribute the rough patch in their relationship to Scott’s climbing.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

She said her inbox has been inundated with more queries than ever, which she attributes to writers using LLMs to mass-spam agents, and has received submissions that seemed clearly AI-generated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Although under a somewhat faded exterior, Pacoima Middle School has flashy technology and other attributes, including expanded academic offerings, rising test scores, a robotics lab, a room of new fitness equipment and added garden space.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The attributes that show why he was so highly rated during his time in the academy were easy to spot, even while starting in Arsenal's back four.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Apollo attributes that weakness to rich offering valuations, higher interest rates and a public market increasingly dominated by a handful of profitable megacapitalization companies.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

But a number of idealistic mountaineers continued to insist that a gifted athlete blessed with rare physiological attributes could, after a lengthy period of acclimatization, climb the peak without bottled oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Its growth in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, is normally attributed to warm, shallow conditions, combined with run-off from fields and treated water.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The document, seen by BBC Sport, values the club's physical assets at more than £200m, though no specific sum has been attributed to the sale of its struggling teams.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Cox’s Gregory has theories about the second-quarter pop in auto financing: It could be attributed, at least partly, to more electric-vehicle and hybrid sales as gas prices increased, he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

He attributed the results to strong demand, strong execution and efforts to deepen the technology platform.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They became quite popular, which could perhaps be attributed to their down-home personalities, or to the fact they had one of the few working indoor toilets on the street.

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

“We were able to approach the bird quietly, without disturbing it,” Kanowa said, attributing the win to the super-stealthy electric truck she was driving.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 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

In San Francisco, pending sales of luxury homes rose nearly 46% year over year, Redfin said, attributing the increase to the boom in artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Clayton-Thomas left the band in 1972, attributing his departure to exhaustion from years of relentless touring.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Howard had shrugged off the slow early fractions, attributing them to the difficulty of accelerating under 133 pounds, but Smith was uneasy.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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