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attribute

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




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UBS shares are up this year but have lagged behind their international peers, a factor that investors attribute to the debate over capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

MarketWatch will not attribute your comments to you by name without your permission.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Experts attribute the extremely warm ocean temperatures that fueled Rachel, which peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, in part to El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Analysts attribute the rebounding flow of oil to three key factors:

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

They would attribute their attitudes to some more obvious, logical cause.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Gretchen Palek, head of alternative at Blumhouse Television, attributes the show’s success to the careful and sensitive approach to telling these terrifying experiences while highlighting real-life universal anxieties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Brand positioning and pricing strategies will also face greater scrutiny as AI agents reduce products to a handful of key attributes in side-by-side comparison tables.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

She attributes some of the gender divide to the fact that the two demographics are often presented with different informational realities, though it is difficult to quantify.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the same time, he doesn’t sound surprised by his recent play, which he attributes to winning and being liberated in new Philadelphia coach Ryan Richter’s offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Like, if you want to see the common characteristics between mammals, reptiles, and fish, for instance, you draw a Venn diagram and list all the attributes of each one inside a circle.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

Philip Morris attributed the increase in part to recent product launches, such as new flavors and variants, and said it plans to further increase investments to support the brand in the current quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The numbers of people watching the gathering had "steadily increased" over the last few years, which Auckland attributed to the rise of social media.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The source also attributed Philomena to Cuoco and Pelphrey’s love for “classic, vintage names.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He attributed the market volatility to escalating geopolitical conflict in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

I was the girl who always had a plan, and I attributed most of the successes in my life to staying faithful to those plans.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

In psychoanalysis, projection involves attributing feelings, intentions, or qualities to someone else.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Optical stocks were hit especially hard in Monday’s action, with analysts attributing the moves in part to cautious commentary about AI spending.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

He had a habit of attributing all of Bunny’s faults indirectly to her—his laziness, his bad humors, his lapses of taste.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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