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attribute

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




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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

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

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

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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