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To ascribe to particular diets and exercise practices that micro-optimize your body is one thing; you may be putting yourself through trials the Jackass guys would never dare, but at least it’s your own body.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

And while a cursory examination of the film might ascribe that attribute to the public’s taste for poorly made, mid-tier trash, that conclusion would be wholly incorrect.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

Analysts ascribe that partly to higher inflation and larger federal budget deficits but also to hopes for stronger economic growth—driven by private-sector investment in areas such as AI infrastructure and renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

“We would ascribe that to data which reinforces the probability the Fed will cut rates in December, but was not so bad that you worry the economy is slowing precipitously,” he said via phone.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025

“Nonsense. You cannot ascribe emotions to a dybbuk.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Today, MS ascribes no value to Resolution in its base case for either company, Anand says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Papic ascribes a 60% probability to the conflict ending in approximately two weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

What is important is that he is able to convince fanatic followers of the sacred mission he ascribes to himself as well as to them.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

"It bears noting that the court has never taken the position the defence ascribes to it: that former 'President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned,'" Judge Chutkan wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023

Witte ascribes it to Andrea della Lancia, a Florentine notary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

That’s how Wagner found Daniel Paul, an architectural historian who researched and documented the 38-foot-tall cupola-style structure built in 1960 by Van Tassel, who ascribed it miraculous powers including antigravity, rejuvenation and time travel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

What we heard: In the 12 episodes, Meghan would try to break down myths that get ascribed to women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Their vote therefore must be ascribed to ignorance of what passed during their long sleep.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

But by the 1980s, much chimp behavior was being interpreted in ways that would have been labeled anthropomorphism — ascribing human traits to non-human entities — decades earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

A recent survey of 300 people found that 67% of responders believes AI is conscious, interacting with it politely and ascribing human-like traits.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

I tell you what, Mose, this sure is somebody’s kind of truth, but I wouldn’t be ascribing it to God.”

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe