put down to
Example Sentences
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"Behaviour is just put down to persistent defiance and bad behaviour, and they're punished for it," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
In 2024, the Amazon rainforest experienced its worst forest fires in over two decades, which the Copernicus Climate Change Service put down to "climate extremes and human activity".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“According to some of the American published sources, the cause of the conflict was put down to Tripoli’s piracy and America’s determination to suppress it,” Folayan wrote.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
But it’s not clear how much of that can be put down to social media.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
It seemed purely chance at first, an epidemic of good health that the less intelligent of the trainees were tempted to put down to their own improving techniques.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
