as in attributed
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
ascribed their stunning military victory to good intelligence beforehand
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Recent Examples of ascribed
This can be ascribed to a revenue decrease in Q3 2025 tied to accounting modifications and a significant uptick in professional liability reserves.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The loss may be ascribed to poor judgement but with no bad intent.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Hanging coffins have historically been ascribed to the ancient Bo ethnic group, believed to have disappeared after the Ming Dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 and leaving questions about its history.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Different motives are ascribed, from weather control to mass poisoning.
—Calum Lister Matheson, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
The report ascribed the loss to the lack of appeal for the party's measures aimed at taming inflation, previous political scandals and weak mobilization of young voters.
—April Roach, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Marco Rubio, then five days into his tenure as Secretary of State, ascribed the release of the prisoner to Trump’s leadership and, in a tweet, thanked Smith for facilitating it.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The loss may be ascribed to poor judgement but with no bad intent.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025
Hanging coffins have historically been ascribed to the ancient Bo ethnic group, believed to have disappeared after the Ming Dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644 and leaving questions about its history.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Different motives are ascribed, from weather control to mass poisoning.
—Calum Lister Matheson, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
In that vacuum, Republicans have often ascribed political bias as the motivation without providing concrete evidence to back it up, said Stevenson, the debanking expert.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
The report ascribed the loss to the lack of appeal for the party's measures aimed at taming inflation, previous political scandals and weak mobilization of young voters.
—April Roach, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Marco Rubio, then five days into his tenure as Secretary of State, ascribed the release of the prisoner to Trump’s leadership and, in a tweet, thanked Smith for facilitating it.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascribed
attributed
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The state attributed the delay in posting numbers to scrutiny of potentially invalid signatures.—
News Service Of Florida,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Management attributed the strength to accelerating demand across the AI ecosystem.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Ascribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascribed. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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