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He meant that music is nonrepresentational—it speaks in a language of rhythms and harmonies, and any meaning we ascribe to it is our own projection, informed by context or habits of mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

We do not ascribe likelihoods to either scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Rhind said Monday’s stock action “isn’t just an earnings hangover” but a rerating of Microsoft’s progress with AI — meaning that the market is coming to ascribe a higher multiple to the shares.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Like everyone I spoke to, Tim and Star ascribe Minneapolis’ successful mobilization to lessons learned during that time.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026

“Nonsense. You cannot ascribe emotions to a dybbuk.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Eurasia Group is one of the world’s leading geopolitical risk consultancies and it ascribes a two-thirds probability to the pause in hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz holding.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

Today, MS ascribes no value to Resolution in its base case for either company, Anand says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Blackwell ascribes her extreme dog love to never having had a childhood pet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

What is important is that he is able to convince fanatic followers of the sacred mission he ascribes to himself as well as to them.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

Domnich duly ascribes to Hampel the credit of the Inventionshorn, but erroneously states that it was Haltenhoff of Hanau who made the first instrument.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

It’s worth noting that Apple recently raised prices on many products, but the company ascribed those increases to higher costs for memory chips, driven up by intense demand from AI firms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Some investors ascribed Monday’s rally mostly to relief that the weekend was relatively light on bad news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

The gravitational force between the sun and the earth is ascribed to the exchange of gravitons between the particles that make up these two bodies.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

“I absolutely do not agree with that statement. In Bangladesh, our high commissioners talk to all political parties without ascribing any labels,” says Ms Sikri.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024

As to what Downey is ascribing to his native land, Murphy can do nothing but laugh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024

I tell you what, Mose, this sure is somebody’s kind of truth, but I wouldn’t be ascribing it to God.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe