imputed

Definition of imputednext
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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  • 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
  • Investors in BDCs rely on the values ascribed to the loans, since there is no active market where the assets trade.
    Olivia Fishlow, Fortune, 17 May 2026
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  • Fires are sometimes attributed to electrical faults, but there have also been cases of students burning down schools because of disciplinary issues.
    Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 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

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“Imputed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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