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
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.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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At the start of the year, Jacob Elordi sat on the Jimmy Kimmel sofa to promote Wuthering Heights, wearing a pair of off-white Bottega Veneta loafers that were not quite ballet flats, but ascribed to this hybrid style (though many users compared them to ballet flats online).—
Jack Stanley,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
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In his book Deep Blues (1981), music historian Robert Palmer ascribed Robert Johnson’s excellent guitar-playing talent to a dedicated practice of the craft after coming under the wing of fellow musician Ike Zinneman (or Zimmerman).—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
20 Mar. 2026
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Then there's a 61-cent state excise tax and roughly 2 cents attributed to underground storage fees.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Analysts have attributed Hong Kong’s pricey gasoline to high fuel taxes and land costs.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Imputed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputed. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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