attribute
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Staff on the 9/11 Commission objected to the conclusion that Bayoumi was "unlikely" to have been involved with extremists, prompting the report to attribute this to "our investigators who have dealt directly with him"
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Klein also points out that despite the uptick in bond yields that many commentators attribute to unsustainable fiscal deficits has caused “so far zero evidence of any looming slowdown in U.S. economic data.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
“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
It can’t be the only attribute an actor brings to a role, but it doesn’t hurt.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Principal Allison Vann attributes the school’s high attendance rate to the students’ sense of belonging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Characters disappear, or have their attributes and actions assigned to different characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Anderson was the summer's number one target, while 18-year-old Bouaddi is seen as having all the attributes to develop into a world class talent.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Malick has all the attributes to thrive in the Premier League," said Sunderland's Director of Football, Florent Ghisolfi.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Each one had specific attributes, weapons, and speed capabilities.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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According to the OECD’s director for education and skills, students have become increasingly “hasty” in their engagement with texts, giving fast but often incorrect responses, a development he attributed to digitalization and screen use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the end, a compromise was agreed, and this conclusion was attributed to "our investigators who have dealt directly with him and studied his background".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The researchers also examined how much of the snowfall increase could be attributed to anthropogenic forcing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
PayPal has attributed the slowdown partly to the “K-shaped economy,” in which wealthier Americans see their incomes rise while lower-income Americans struggle financially.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Indeed, much of Newton’s intellectual development can be attributed to this tension between rationalism and mysticism.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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However, experts have questioned the artwork's provenance, with some scholars attributing it to Giacomo Ceruti - another Italian artist from the same period.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In January, he took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal attributing his past behaviour to his bipolar disorder.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The group said the chemical industry accounted for most of the contraction, attributing the weakness to the rising price of oil, which many companies use as their primary feedstock for chemicals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
She must be attributing the change in her vision to some maneuver of the tracker’s rather than a betrayal by me.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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