ascribing

present participle of ascribe
as in attributing
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 ascribing Poor luck plagued him, but ascribing all of this outing to misfortune is misguided. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascribing
attributing
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  • The time to prepare for AI agents is now, and CISOs can start by establishing AI observability capable of tracking, auditing and attributing agentic behaviors across environments.
    Josh Lemos, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Kentucky reported at least 1,223 work zone crashes in 2024, with officials attributing seven deaths and 298 injuries to those crashes.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Ascribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascribing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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