attribute
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The curators attribute this sea-change in tastes to a reaction against impersonal mechanization caused by industrialization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
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
Some attribute the recent emphasis on protein intake to the rise of GLP-1 medications, which often decrease appetite and make it challenging to eat enough protein to preserve lean muscle mass during weight loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Scientists usually seek to attribute historical developments to cold economic and demographic factors.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The piece quotes one researcher who attributes the exit of men from the workforce to a growing failure of men to “launch” in their 20s and 30s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
One REC typically represents the renewable attributes of 1 megawatt-hour of renewable generation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I would’ve thought it has many of the attributes of copper,” Lawcock put to the BHP executives, drawing parallels between uranium and the industrial metal that is central to the miner’s growth plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Characters disappear, or have their attributes and actions assigned to different characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
But a number of idealistic mountaineers continued to insist that a gifted athlete blessed with rare physiological attributes could, after a lengthy period of acclimatization, climb the peak without bottled oxygen.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The first failure this month was attributed to a previously undetected software flaw, which had an impact due to a very specific set of circumstances combining in a millisecond.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The phase one study met its safety and tolerability goals at a dose of 90 milligrams, and no patient deaths were attributed to the drug.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
He attributed this to his longtime desire to “bring people from all backgrounds and cultures together” via his music and performances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Going down deeper into agent economics basically means understanding what types of tokens and…how much cost is getting attributed to each of those actions,” he told the group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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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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
While Netflix does not offer a free service, the streaming giant in October 2022 began offering a lower-priced ad-supported option, later attributing the offering with a boost in subscription counts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
In San Francisco, pending sales of luxury homes rose nearly 46% year over year, Redfin said, attributing the increase to the boom in artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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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