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attribute

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




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Analysts attribute the revenue increase to an artificial intelligence boom in the stock market.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

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

Analysts attribute the scarcity to undercalculated demand for AI use, potential imminent product updates or global memory scarcity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

When the patient doesn’t react in the predicted way, but in a very different manner, the analyst may attribute the opposite behavior to “reaction-formation.”

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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