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as in attributing
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck
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as in believing
to regard as right or true
I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves
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Recent Examples of crediting
Back in November 2023, the Oscar winner chatted with Kylie Jenner for Interview magazine and denied cosmetic enhancement speculations by crediting her makeup artist for his optical illusion glam.
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Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Trump crediting Benioff and Huang for his decision to call off the deployment shouldn’t necessarily come as a surprise, said Larry Gerston, a professor emeritus of politics and public policy at San Jose State University.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Ellie Goulding shared a sweet tribute to Goodall with Rolling Stone crediting her changing her environmentalism into a lifelong mission.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman said Garland has looked physically stronger, crediting his focus on weight training and patience throughout the recovery.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Yet, while critics dismiss him as more hype than insight, investors Fortune spoke with see him differently, crediting his essays and early portfolio bets with unusual foresight.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
While the divorce was finalized earlier this year, Lopez appears to have no hard feelings for her ex, even crediting Affleck for being the reason the movie was made.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Tocchet has already come away impressed with the Cates-Tyson Foerster-Bobby Brink line, crediting them Saturday for setting the pace in practice.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
No rockets had landed, Choi said, crediting Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Trump crediting Benioff and Huang for his decision to call off the deployment shouldn’t necessarily come as a surprise, said Larry Gerston, a professor emeritus of politics and public policy at San Jose State University.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Ellie Goulding shared a sweet tribute to Goodall with Rolling Stone crediting her changing her environmentalism into a lifelong mission.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman said Garland has looked physically stronger, crediting his focus on weight training and patience throughout the recovery.
—Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Yet, while critics dismiss him as more hype than insight, investors Fortune spoke with see him differently, crediting his essays and early portfolio bets with unusual foresight.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
While the divorce was finalized earlier this year, Lopez appears to have no hard feelings for her ex, even crediting Affleck for being the reason the movie was made.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Tocchet has already come away impressed with the Cates-Tyson Foerster-Bobby Brink line, crediting them Saturday for setting the pace in practice.
—Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
No rockets had landed, Choi said, crediting Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crediting
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But attributing everything to the turnovers overlooks the fact that Michigan has thrown for fewer than 150 yards in back-to-back games against two of the worst teams in the Big Ten.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The book is a product of an era when attributing credit to servants of any kind would not have been expected, but times have changed.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other tour guides agreed, believing Canadians do this to avoid being confused with their American counterparts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many comments were harsh on the look, believing that part of the team's history should be left in the past.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Poor luck plagued him, but ascribing all of this outing to misfortune is misguided.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Over subsequent decades, this credo would face challenges, including from New Deal–era progressives wary of rich men ascribing to charity what was properly the realm of the state and of McCarthyite conservatives targeting philanthropic foundations as part of anticommunist fearmongering.—
Mark Malloch-Brown,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Jan. 2024
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The only recourse those unregulated bookmakers had when their Spidey-senses tingled was to simply stop taking bets on the suspicious game.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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After taking an early 3-0 lead and forcing the Ravens to punt on their opening series, Tahj Washington fumbled after a catch and Baltimore’s Alohi Gilman scooped it up and returned it to Miami’s 7, setting up Jackson’s first touchdown pass to Mark Andrews.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Once, there were two sweet kids who came of age in the evangelical purity culture of the 1990’s, a world in which being LGBTQ+ or accepting anyone who was gay was seen as a sin that could send you straight to hell.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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In 1998, the nonprofit started accepting its first residential patients at 17th and Charlotte.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Crediting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crediting. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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