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attribute

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




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Klein also points out that despite the uptick in bond yields that many commentators attribute to unsustainable fiscal deficits has caused “so far zero evidence of any looming slowdown in U.S. economic data.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Iceland is now one of Europe's most affluent nations and Eirikur Bergmann, professor of politics at Bifröst University, told the BBC that "many people attribute this to Iceland's independence".

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“Often, as we get older, we attribute balance problems to ‘oh, that’s just aging’ — and certainly there are age-related changes — but that doesn’t mean we can’t intervene,” Riska says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

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

They attribute the cyclical nature of racial progress to the “unstable equilibrium” that characterizes the United States’ racial order.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The IMF attributes China’s excess saving to a range of structural factors, such as an inadequate safety net and a fiscal system that taxes households too heavily and thus depresses their consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Mr. Wells pressed on, in a peculiar flow state that Mr. St. George says he attributes to alien intervention, the result of an earlier contact with a mysterious light in the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

It means that, along with England's Kobbie Mainoo, United now have a spread of different attributes across their four-man midfield, three of whom are 22 or younger.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Portraying a calm presence in the teeth of such enormous publicity is one of his key attributes.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Whenever he referred to him in his speeches he was careful to strip him of any human attributes and present him as an abstract functionary in some larger scheme.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

However, 10 people contacted by The Chronicle said they had not written the letters attributed to them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The impressive visual fidelity has been attributed to the amount of time Rockstar has spent working on the game, and its budget, which is thought to be among the most expensive in video game history.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

But fame and fortune did not affect her remarkable originality, which she once attributed to the "serenity of the soul" that comes from spending time alone.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

A cuneiform text attributed to King Tukultī-Ninurta II refers to a libation vessel that had originally been created by Tukultī-Ninurta I and was later restored by Aššur-uballit.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In this way, anything that happens can more easily be attributed to your wonderful and probably expensive intervention.

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

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

It also says "Meghan's TV comeback has been canned", attributing the information to a "top royal author".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

It laid off 8,000 employees in May, attributing the cuts to the cost of its AI initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 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

However, a veterinarian in Bainbridge, Georgia, Dr. Otis L. Poitevint, who was called upon to treat many of the affected animals, has summarized his reasons for attributing the deaths to the insecticide as follows.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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