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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

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

Many economists attribute the fall in part to higher demand for retirement savings as populations aged, and less appetite for productive investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

But Metcalfe put a fine point on what had become a core attribute of media by the end of the twentieth century.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

But within the physics of professional cycling—a sport built around wind resistance, watt production, and superhuman tolerance for pain—that odd collection of attributes turns out to be uniquely powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

We watched Milton’s adult character forming during those years, taking on the no-nonsense attributes of our future father.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Fortescue attributed the gap to continuing negotiations with China Mineral Resource Group, which is China’s centralized ore buying agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"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

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

To paraphrase the maxim falsely attributed to Lincoln, you can fool a whole bunch of the people for a hell of a long time, but you can’t fool all of them forever.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 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

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

But he felt out of place at home, attributing his desire to leave Germany to his country’s “tall-poppy” syndrome—the idea that successful people get criticized and cut down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Words such as “believed,” “thought” and “decided” are convenient shorthand, but they also risk attributing human mental states when the evidence supports only observed behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

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

From "Educated" by Tara Westover