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.
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Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascribing
attributing
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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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Sure, Ghost has his creative license to put that in a skit without anyone attributing it directly to him, but the skit was funny without joking about spousal abuse.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Ascribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascribing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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