attribute
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“Often, as we get older, we attribute balance problems to ‘oh, that’s just aging’ — and certainly there are age-related changes — but that doesn’t mean we can’t intervene,” Riska says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The WHO verifies and records attacks on healthcare but does not attribute blame as it is not an investigation agency.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Scientists currently attribute that acceleration to dark energy, a phenomenon whose underlying nature remains poorly understood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Shares in France’s Thales and Italian group Leonardo—which each attribute between 10% and 15% of their sales to the U.K., according to Citi analysts—rose by 1.7% and 3.8%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
There still existed some hostility toward amaMfengu, but in retrospect, I would attribute this more to jealousy than tribal animosity.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The trade group attributes the rise to organized criminal networks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He attributes the success of the festival to its "totally inclusive" nature and its sole focus on "the celebration of music and culture and dance and song".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The dark-eyed beauty Indiana, protagonist of George Sand’s 1832 novel of the same name, shares quite a few attributes with her creator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Such a dog-lover talks baby talk to mature and thoughtful animals, and attributes his own sloppy characteristics to them until the dog becomes in his mind an alter ego.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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But Xu attributed his success to education -- and the Communist Party.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
I was taking the wrong things, usually physically attributed, that would get in my head when I was acting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Lack of Telstra Outage Costs Eases Concerns — Market Talk,” at 0058 GMT, incorrectly attributed the research to UBS instead of Citi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The document, seen by BBC Sport, values the club's physical assets at more than £200m, though no specific sum has been attributed to the sale of its struggling teams.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Confusingly, the other great Roman text to survive is Ad Herennium—which was roughly contemporary with Cicero, and was for centuries wrongly attributed to him.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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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
After heat-related deaths reached a peak of 645 in 2023, they declined to 405 in 2025 - with many experts attributing part of the decline to the policy changes.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
If attributing the outbreak of the Civil War to the publication of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was an exaggeration, it was a defensible one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The company has outlined a near-term total addressable market of $5.7 trillion, attributing just $370 billion to space-enabled solutions.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Even her father noticed, attributing it to the peace of abundance.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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