attributes

Example Sentences

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Spalding has all the attributes of a future entrepreneur and loves tinkering with cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Her doctor attributes it to the drug working.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

"He has got all the attributes to be one of the best left-backs in the world," the Newcastle United defender said of team-mate Lewis Hall.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Rafael Mangual, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, attributes falling crime in the U.S. partly to people’s changing behavior, including diminished alcohol use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The universal attributes of language are genetically set; we do not learn them, or make them up as we go along.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas