Thesaurus results for ATTRIBUTION

attribution

noun

ˌa-trə-ˈbyü-shən

as in attribute

something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind a genuine respect for one another is one of the most commonly cited attributions of a happily married couple

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Recent Examples of attribution Over the years, Ferreira has been given attribution as the author of the photograph when it has been publicly displayed. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2026 The parents and officials who agreed to be interviewed did so without attribution to protect their children and because they were not authorized to speak about the issue. —

Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 The Van Gogh attribution, for instance, was subsequently matched by more conventional research, including technical analyses and studies of the artist’s letters (museum experts concluded that the portrait’s unusually dampened colors simply reflected Van Gogh’s troubled mental state at the time). —

Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026 Although yearly variations in snowfall can be tricky to link directly with global warming — such attribution often takes years or decades of data to establish — climate change is known to increase the chances of above-average temperatures, including during the winter. —

Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attribution

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Aware that Native Americans have a long history of dice games, Madden created a checklist of specific attributes of historical Native American dice to reclassify older artifacts.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
On Monday, the company formally launched a second pool operation based around a cryptocurrency known as Zcash that shares many attributes of Bitcoin, but that is designed to be less visible.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026