attribute
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Economists attribute to immigrants the bulk of U.S. population growth from 1990 to 2015.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
This story has been updated to attribute remarks about the Dell family’s contributions to Trump accounts to Robinhood CFO Shiv Verma.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
It says it had not verified those outcomes and "cannot attribute the recruitment decisions to our training".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Experts attribute the extremely warm ocean temperatures that fueled Rachel, which peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, in part to El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Except for the latter, these men were offered as “character witnesses”—persons expected to attribute to the accused a few human virtues.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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Gabriella Booth, 29, was introduced to the series in 2013, but attributes ACOTAR's explosion in popularity to both the pandemic and "BookTok" - a TikTok community dedicated to sharing what people are reading and writing.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Rams displayed all those attributes Sunday in a 35-21 victory over the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Salon’s source in the community attributes this to a nostalgia among former Persian oligarchs residing in Beverly Hills, which is known colloquially as Tehrangeles.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
CEO Steve Gund attributes the nearly $400 million manufacturer’s success to a 12-step, “people-first” playbook that gives priority to worker well-being over short-term profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Junior center Max Davidson attributed the group’s success to a deep camaraderie and hard work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit, though no one has claimed responsibility.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Researchers attributed the heist to North Korea’s TraderTraitor hacking unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him,” says a quote attributed to the actor.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
As the handbook Ad Herennium—which, attributed to Cicero, had a central role in medieval and Renaissance rhetoric— warns, “That is faulty which is said against the convictions of the judge or of the audience.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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It also means that many criminal offenses hinge on attributing a wrongful act to the mental state of a human being.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
In psychoanalysis, projection involves attributing feelings, intentions, or qualities to someone else.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Optical stocks were hit especially hard in Monday’s action, with analysts attributing the moves in part to cautious commentary about AI spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
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
At first I paid little attention to the pain, attributing it to fatigue.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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