imputed

past tense of impute
as in ascribed
to explain (something) as being the result of something else people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents

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Recent Examples of imputed Thus, there is not a simple answer as business outcomes are layered, and in many cases, not enough data can be imputed to necessarily obtain the correct outcome. Shai Zamanian, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 That means that now, more than a third of price data in the CPI is imputed—estimated rather than directly observed—since fewer agents are collecting prices in person. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Company officials ascribed the volume of recalls to the company’s scale.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • Fewer aesthetics have been so ascribed to the annals of pop culture history as boho chic.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 July 2026
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  • The two-time Oscar nominee attributed her age as the reason why.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This failure can partly be attributed to the enormous political and moral pressure Washington feels to offer unconditional support when a close ally is attacked, as Ukraine was in 2022 or Israel was in 2023.
    Dafna H. Rand, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Imputed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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