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attribution

[a-truh-byoo-shuhn] / ˌæ trəˈbyu ʃən /
NOUN
act of attributing
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“This attribution challenge has paralyzed the international community’s response,” Jason Hsu, a former Taiwan legislator now at the Hudson Institute, recently told a U.S. legislative commission in written testimony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

However, Ulmen's lawyers have rejected her characterisation of the situation and say no "unilateral attribution of blame" has been made towards their client.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The system will allow merchants to retain ownership of customer relationships and data, and receive ChatGPT referral attribution in their admin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

While there were disagreements over money "like with a lot of boxers and trainers", he said he believed Ingle had been more concerned "about the credit and attribution for the success".

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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