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attribute

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




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Russian authorities have denied that she died of the plague and attribute her death to “pneumonia of unknown etiology.”

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"There's no single attribute or a single metric that we particularly go after," Cave explained.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Because the Z boson itself barely interacts with the plasma, the researchers could attribute these wake patterns directly to individual quarks traveling through the material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Romanian authorities did not immediately attribute a cause for the incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the strongest memory that Sergio could attribute to either reality or desire was the smell of his mother, close to him, warming him, holding him, all the dark night.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

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

It attributes the beat to significantly lower exploration expenditure and a larger reversal of share-based payments, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

“It certainly represents victory and all those attributes about the Olympics. But it also brings people together, and it’s a symbol of hope and what the Olympic movement really does for everyone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

One user on RedNote writes, "He consistently views issues from the perspective of the vulnerable, attributes personal stress to macro-level causes, and encourages people to actively engage with life - it's truly wonderful."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

It was because of attributes such as these that over a hundred schools wrote to Derric telling him that they would be privileged to have him on their college campuses the next year.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Fortescue attributed the gap to continuing negotiations with China Mineral Resource Group, which is China’s centralized ore buying agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"This paper publishes a new adult fossil attributed to Homo erectus, DNH 127, providing further confirmation that this species first appeared in southern Africa 2 million years ago."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Pantheon Macroeconomics Asia economist Meekita Gupta attributed the surprisingly strong growth to a "resurgence in AI servers".

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fishing gear was responsible for 46% of the cases, with the rest attributed to ropes or lines not directly tied to fishing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“The mass exodus of the children of Abnegation leaders cannot be ignored or attributed to coincidence,” he reads.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The group said the chemical industry accounted for most of the contraction, attributing the weakness to the rising price of oil, which many companies use as their primary feedstock for chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Words such as “believed,” “thought” and “decided” are convenient shorthand, but they also risk attributing human mental states when the evidence supports only observed behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

While Netflix does not offer a free service, the streaming giant in October 2022 began offering a lower-priced ad-supported option, later attributing the offering with a boost in subscription counts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, her new husband fluttered among the diners attributing his mother-in-law’s absence to a sudden attack of asthma and his bride’s tears to the emotions of the occasion.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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