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as in ascribed
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force
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as in explained
to give the reason for or cause of
a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood
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Recent Examples of attributed
The college attributed increasing nonparticipating student counts to improved methods of tracking student participation.
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Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Gardiner attributed that to the governor’s desire to protect the local agriculture and dairy industries, which rely on immigrant labor.
—Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
The Training Day star attributed the shift in how people came to pronounce his name to his mother, who needed a way to differentiate between him and his father, who shares the same name.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates.
—Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
This gap between what teachers need and what the administrators are providing can partly be attributed to the distance between the latter and what goes on in their building’s classrooms day-to-day.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Retaining Talent While Reshaping Business Studies have shown that 79% of Americans are experiencing burnout, largely attributed to financial struggles, exhaustion and mental health issues, which have a detrimental impact and a spill-over effect on the workplace.
—Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The success of the business has been attributed to younger millennials and Gen Z consumers.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Gardiner attributed that to the governor’s desire to protect the local agriculture and dairy industries, which rely on immigrant labor.
—Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
The Training Day star attributed the shift in how people came to pronounce his name to his mother, who needed a way to differentiate between him and his father, who shares the same name.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates.
—Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
This gap between what teachers need and what the administrators are providing can partly be attributed to the distance between the latter and what goes on in their building’s classrooms day-to-day.
—IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Retaining Talent While Reshaping Business Studies have shown that 79% of Americans are experiencing burnout, largely attributed to financial struggles, exhaustion and mental health issues, which have a detrimental impact and a spill-over effect on the workplace.
—Eyal Lifshitz, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The success of the business has been attributed to younger millennials and Gen Z consumers.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attributed
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While lower rates do result in a higher present value being ascribed to future earnings, the current growth names, largely tied to the AI investment trade, have proven their ability to grow regardless of the interest rate environment.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
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For those viewers questioning why Kendra Licari virtually harassed her own daughter, the answer is not made entirely clear in the documentary, Borgman explained in the interview.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Courtney Crown, senior media specialist at the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), explained there are no penalties in place for school districts that fail to report employee injury data.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Attributed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attributed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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