attribute
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“I attribute it to Ukraine’s midrange strike campaign—that’s a critical capability that they didn’t have in 2025,” said George Barros, an analyst at ISW.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Economists attribute to immigrants the bulk of U.S. population growth from 1990 to 2015.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
One attribute they look for is confidence in a business’s present value and the cash it will generate over its lifetime, which will provide a moat.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
It says it had not verified those outcomes and "cannot attribute the recruitment decisions to our training".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She had the inhuman attribute of abandoning what she could not get and of waiting for what she could get.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Lenat’s team was wary of the pitfalls of vesting their machine with human attributes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
But the 31-year-old showed his key attributes - tenacity, athleticism and controlled aggression - to threaten a huge upset against Medvedev.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Salon’s source in the community attributes this to a nostalgia among former Persian oligarchs residing in Beverly Hills, which is known colloquially as Tehrangeles.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
CEO Steve Gund attributes the nearly $400 million manufacturer’s success to a 12-step, “people-first” playbook that gives priority to worker well-being over short-term profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
We have a confident understanding of one another and share many attributes.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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The companion study in Nature Metabolism addressed another important question: Are gut bacteria really responsible for producing all the metabolites traditionally attributed to them?
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
An analyst attributed Russia’s stalled progress to Ukraine’s midrange strike campaign, which disrupted Russian supply routes with drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
He attributed recent increases in steady dividend growers “to both declining Treasury yields and worries about AI-related CapEx.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The vice president didn't mention Trump by name and attributed much of his election results analysis to unnamed pollsters.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
My friend attributed my silence to my throat and explained my symptoms.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
Denver said that attributing declines to a single tool is an oversimplification and that it views AI tools as “supplemental resources designed to enhance digital literacy and critical thinking.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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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