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attribute

[uh-trib-yoot, a-truh-byoot] / əˈtrɪb yut, ˈæ trəˌbyut /




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Some agents mistakenly attribute the concept of “insurable interest” to beneficiaries, even though it doesn’t apply there.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

If you were told the building was haunted, you might attribute that agitation to something supernatural.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Drift Protocol lost approximately $285 million in an April 1 cryptocurrency heist, which blockchain analytics companies attribute to North Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

She had the inhuman attribute of abandoning what she could not get and of waiting for what she could get.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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