attribute
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It says it had not verified those outcomes and "cannot attribute the recruitment decisions to our training".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
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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
But the Sanchez brothers dug him up from the cemetery and hauled the body out into full view, and then it was too much to attribute to the Indians.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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Gordon says that since his move to Spain he has changed people's perception of him being a player who is only quick and presses well, even if they are two of his best attributes.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
“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
It also papers over how homeowners may be bringing certain attributes to the process that make it more likely that they’ll build wealth, like higher incomes and a propensity to save.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
A phenotype, in contrast, refers to an organism’s physical or biological attributes and characteristics—the color of an eye, the shape of a wing, or resistance to hot or cold temperatures.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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While Dell “is fairly aligned with the AI trade,” he attributed most of its stellar stock performance to its ability to offset memory prices.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
At the time, Sweeney attributed job cuts to a "downturn" in Fortnite engagement rather than AI.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“This is very much still a problem, not attributed to a single model or company,” said Etienne Brisson, chief executive of AI-victim support group Human Line Project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Pantheon Macroeconomics Asia economist Meekita Gupta attributed the surprisingly strong growth to a "resurgence in AI servers".
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
This imaginative but impractical form of early notation, attributed to a ninth-century French monk called Hucbald, had the words rise and fall according to the shape of the tune.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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“We have already strengthened our posture along the eastern flank and will continue to monitor the security environment, adjusting our deterrence and defense posture as needed,” Rutte wrote on X, without attributing blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
Herman said registrations for .si web addresses in September stood out "very clearly" against the other months in the year, although she was "cautious" about attributing the entire increase to only President Trump's comments.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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
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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