attribute
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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
In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
He attributes some of that to the group maintaining its original five members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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
Big-men achieve that status by their own attributes; the position is not inherited.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"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
Last fall, Hijazi went to the emergency room with heart problems, which she attributed to the vitriol, she said in a text message to Knott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
But it was a misunderstanding, though unintentional, like a painting erroneously attributed to a master.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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“We’re extremely proud of these Star Ratings,” Chief Executive Jim Rechtin said, attributing the improvement to employees’ efforts to provide members with high-quality care and coordinated support.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
Some experts warn that attributing too much to AI could give tech companies a loophole to avoid responsibility and liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
We have long known of the clue you mention; in fact, that clue remains our strongest one in attributing this work to the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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