attribute
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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
Sales at nonstore retailers fell by 2.2%, which many analysts attribute to Amazon holding its Prime Day sales event in June instead of July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Sri Lanka's health authorities attribute the surge in dengue infections to a cyclone that tore through the island last December, scattering debris that have turned into new breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Except for the latter, these men were offered as “character witnesses”—persons expected to attribute to the accused a few human virtues.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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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 dark-eyed beauty Indiana, protagonist of George Sand’s 1832 novel of the same name, shares quite a few attributes with her creator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Those attributes also explain why Liverpool are not actively looking to move him on.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
Below is a list of other ways to think about instruments besides the way the sound is produced, such as its timbre or similar sound; physical attributes, etc.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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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
“Lack of Telstra Outage Costs Eases Concerns — Market Talk,” at 0058 GMT, incorrectly attributed the research to UBS instead of Citi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
He attributed his weight loss to eating less and taking better care of himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
At this point, I still attributed much of my progression and success to my years working with Akhi, but I was disappointed by how disconnected we had become.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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The development group publicly disavowed the actions, attributing them to an unnamed security contractor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
While Netflix does not offer a free service, the streaming giant in October 2022 began offering a lower-priced ad-supported option, later attributing the offering with a boost in subscription counts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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
After heat-related deaths reached a peak of 645 in 2023, they declined to 405 in 2025 - with many experts attributing part of the decline to the policy changes.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
At first I paid little attention to the pain, attributing it to fatigue.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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