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attribution

noun

ˌa-trə-ˈbyü-shən

Definition of attribution

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 Website analytics, paid media dashboards, CRM reports, search rankings and attribution platforms can tell us a lot about what happened. — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Its attribution and history have attracted extensive scholarly attention. — Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026 Since OpenAI published its blog post, the website changed the article’s attribution to one of the real authors, Kate Hooper, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Much of the content generated promoted an organization called the International Burke Institute (IBI), the website of which features articles copied from real academic writing, sometimes with false attribution. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attribution

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Noun

Characters disappear, or have their attributes and actions assigned to different characters.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In recent years, interest in particular attributes, like low-carb beers, has also been a factor in consumer preferences.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of attribute

Noun

What’s more useful in understanding the world is a straightforward accounting of it—a kind of double-entry inventory of its characteristics.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Tactile sensor data has very different characteristics to the image data VLAs are normally trained on, and tactile datasets lag far behind the internet-scale of many vision and language datasets.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of characteristic

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Factory floor gets smarter One of the main features planned for BIC North is ASML’s new flow factory, a manufacturing model designed for its TWINSCAN lithography systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
When the device is closed, a smaller exterior screen on the front cover provides quick access to key apps and features.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of feature

Noun

Researchers need to establish what remains in the purified water and whether those substances could affect drug quality or patient safety.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
As the pair chase show jumping immortality this weekend, those are the qualities that will be needed to make history.

— Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of quality

Noun

Other soccer-like traits at Ryan Field include a very high proportion of the seats being under cover and the striking sight that what Americans across the land have come to know as the Upper Deck experience just does not exist here.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
His ability to square the ball up and not chase out of the strike zone are probably his best traits.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of trait

Noun

Maximum temperatures are expected in the upper 80s and lower 90s with peak heat indices reaching 100-107 degrees ahead of daily storms, but below heat advisory criteria.

— Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
The order gives Interior Secretary Doug Burgum 90 days to determine whether the wolves have met federal recovery criteria for delisting or downlisting under the Endangered Species Act.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

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