Thesaurus results for ATTRIBUTED

attributed

verb

past tense of attribute

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 Of that, 90% is attributed to xAI alone, according to an analysis by Van Ha Trinh, financial markets analyst at the online broker Exness. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Semiconductors have posted drastic moves up and down this month that were at least partly attributed to the massive need for liquidity ahead of the IPO. —

Sarah Min, CNBC, 12 June 2026 This dress with a classic ’80s silhouette, attributed to Tatters—a London boutique that also produced collections under its own label—had another moment of glory in Japan in 1989. —

Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026 Part of her success can be attributed to Martínez, who joined her team in 2024. —

Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 That verdict was attributed to an AI -assisted electrocardiogram analysis. —

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 12 June 2026 The causes of these disparities are often attributed to organizational policies, biased hiring practices, and structural inequities. —

Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 The decrease is attributed to a wind-down of construction after Metro opened its LAX/Metro Transit Center and the A Line extension to Pomona. —

City News Service, Daily News, 29 May 2026 In the worst school fire of recent times, 67 schoolboys were killed in 2001 at Kyanguli Secondary School outside Nairobi, an incident the authorities attributed to arson. —

CNN Money, 29 May 2026

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Another type of bacteria, Staphylococcus, was ascribed to the mummy’s microbiome.

— Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Dropbox's current market cap of just over $6 billion is down by half from the high price on its first day of trading in 2018, and is below the $10 billion valuation it was ascribed by private market investors in 2014.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 26 May 2026