attribute
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“From our pets to our cars, we infer and attribute emotions, intentions, and minds to non-human entities,” Suleyman wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Economists attribute to immigrants the bulk of U.S. population growth from 1990 to 2015.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
It says it had not verified those outcomes and "cannot attribute the recruitment decisions to our training".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
MarketWatch will not attribute your comments to you by name without your permission.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
But in Pretoria he was a bit sensitive and testy, and I attribute this to Stephen Tefu.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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But the 31-year-old showed his key attributes - tenacity, athleticism and controlled aggression - to threaten a huge upset against Medvedev.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“People come in here and they tell me they want a Cabernet Sauvignon and then they describe all the attributes of Merlot,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 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
Procter & Gamble attributes its acquisition of Thorne as a reason for its guidance boost.
From Barron's ● 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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The state-owned energy giant attributed the boost to higher crude volumes sold from maintaining consistent production, as well as higher prices of refined and chemical products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Shares of the software company were down 3%, which one market expert attributed to the high bar that artificial-intelligence companies face in the current trading climate.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Most of the studies involved people with primary insomnia, meaning their sleep problems were not attributed to another medical condition.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Junior center Max Davidson attributed the group’s success to a deep camaraderie and hard work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Perhaps some of the merchants were a little generous in their trades, but I always attributed that to their long-standing relationship with my father.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Sociologist and political scientist Mayra Goulart, a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, also cautions against attributing Lula's comeback solely to social media.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
“We have already strengthened our posture along the eastern flank and will continue to monitor the security environment, adjusting our deterrence and defense posture as needed,” Rutte wrote on X, without attributing blame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Howard had shrugged off the slow early fractions, attributing them to the difficulty of accelerating under 133 pounds, but Smith was uneasy.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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