attribute
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I married late in life to a younger wife which I attribute to the fact she thought I was closer to her age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I suppose people attribute the more coercive and economically less helpful policies to Xi personally but associate more positive elements, such as technological advances, to China more broadly."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“When you hear CEOs talk about layoffs and they attribute it to AI, I would be skeptical,” Kharazian said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Scientists attribute the significantly larger population in the Americas to a relatively disease-free society whose use of herbal medicine, surgery, dentistry, and hygienic and ritual bathing kept disease at bay.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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He attributes that to strong consumer demand for “premier-tier” handsets and the possibility of price increases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Voters, he said, don’t dissect candidates’ identities and attributes the way political professionals do.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Swiss has played in a variety of roles for club and country in the middle of the park, but he has the attributes to potentially excel as a box-to-box midfielder.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Elliott attributes it to what he terms “traveler’s amnesia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Nevertheless, one of the attributes that distinguishes great artists is their consummate technical command.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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He attributed his optimism to a guarantee that the new talks would pick up where the previous round left off and of greater EU involvement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Weakness in SK Hynix shares can be attributed to excessive leverage by retail investors, fears of Chinese competition and a failure to live up to aggressive expectations but some analysts remain bullish.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Europe has been gripped by successive heatwaves and a major drought this year, which scientists have attributed to human-caused climate change.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Among those wounded, 417 are attributed to Operation Epic Fury, while 207 are attributed to "Overseas Operations".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In this way, anything that happens can more easily be attributed to your wonderful and probably expensive intervention.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Some experts warn that attributing too much to AI could give tech companies a loophole to avoid responsibility and liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“I’m not attributing who said what. It’s for my general knowledge.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
After heat-related deaths reached a peak of 645 in 2023, they declined to 405 in 2025 - with many experts attributing part of the decline to the policy changes.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company has outlined a near-term total addressable market of $5.7 trillion, attributing just $370 billion to space-enabled solutions.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
Although many people greeted the new forensic sciences with reverence, attributing to them a godlike power, they were often susceptible to human error.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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