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Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

According to the report, scientists can now attribute particular extreme, heat, and rainfall events with a high degree of confidence to man-caused climate change, and wildfires, droughts and tropical cyclones with moderate confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"I suppose people attribute the more coercive and economically less helpful policies to Xi personally but associate more positive elements, such as technological advances, to China more broadly."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

In fact, Gabrielle and Katerina attribute the restaurant’s early colossal success to a Los Angeles Times review.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Scientists usually seek to attribute historical developments to cold economic and demographic factors.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The attributes that show why he was so highly rated during his time in the academy were easy to spot, even while starting in Arsenal's back four.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

He attributes the fact that no fatalities have been reported in part to the seriousness with which residents and public safety personnel have handled evacuations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Apollo attributes that weakness to rich offering valuations, higher interest rates and a public market increasingly dominated by a handful of profitable megacapitalization companies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Zhang attributes biking's popularity in the city to the prevalence of manufacturers, the rugged terrain, and bad traffic.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

In Boston, however, Holmes had discovered that she possessed other winning attributes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

He attributed that to better-than-expected demand for server and storage solid-state drives, which is also helping to offset some of the weakness in the personal-computer market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

The government has attributed the decline to better coordination between state and federal law enforcement officials.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Others said they found "closure" in knowing the fire was intentional and not something that, after a lengthy investigation, could ultimately be attributed to a freak accident or a natural ignition.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

She attributed the results to “pulling on all of the levers of the marketplace,” including optimizing the checkout on Vrbo, cutting inefficient marketing channels and redirecting spending to more productive ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

When the decisive vote came in April, Madison attributed his defeat to “the exertions and influence of Aristocracy, Anglicism, and mercantilism” led by “the Banks, the British Merchts., the insurance Comps.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The development group publicly disavowed the actions, attributing them to an unnamed security contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Clayton-Thomas left the band in 1972, attributing his departure to exhaustion from years of relentless touring.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

I described Dad’s symptoms, attributing them not to my father but to a fictive uncle.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover