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They caution against accepting narratives that ascribe human traits to nonhuman things and suggest this incident was merely a case of poor security practices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

If we are equal in this sense, then it is impossible to defend policies that ascribe lesser worth to some individuals or groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Nowadays, the group can hardly exert control of areas within Yemen itself, and again, the intelligence community in 2025 and 2026 can only ascribe “intent” to the group and not actual attacks.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026

And while a cursory examination of the film might ascribe that attribute to the public’s taste for poorly made, mid-tier trash, that conclusion would be wholly incorrect.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

“Nonsense. You cannot ascribe emotions to a dybbuk.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Eurasia Group is one of the world’s leading geopolitical risk consultancies and it ascribes a two-thirds probability to the pause in hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz holding.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

As he spoke, Cenni removed his sock to reveal a large portion of his foot missing, an injury he ascribes to the kitchen attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Blackwell ascribes her extreme dog love to never having had a childhood pet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

What is important is that he is able to convince fanatic followers of the sacred mission he ascribes to himself as well as to them.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

The tradition of the earliest document J ascribes the worship of Yahweh to much earlier times, in fact to the dawn of human life.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

What we heard: In the 12 episodes, Meghan would try to break down myths that get ascribed to women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It’s worth noting that Apple recently raised prices on many products, but the company ascribed those increases to higher costs for memory chips, driven up by intense demand from AI firms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

All he knew was that he had to carry on the work that God had, in the vision, ascribed to Benton.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

Things feel different now, and without ascribing too much power to Taylor Swift, I actually think she has something to do with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

Although Barrett strays away from ascribing universal meaning to dreams and encourages dreamers to interpret their dreams for themselves, Salon asked her to unpack what’s going on with five commonly reported nightmares.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2023

I tell you what, Mose, this sure is somebody’s kind of truth, but I wouldn’t be ascribing it to God.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe