Thesaurus results for IMPUTES

imputes

verb

present tense third-person singular of impute

as in ascribes

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 imputes That imputes a total cost of $566 million. — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imputes

Verb

One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories.

— Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
In line with the science of his time, which said that lunar craters were volcanic, Verne ascribes his flickering light to an eruption.

— Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of ascribes

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Joffe, who is also president of the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association, attributes the misleading ballot measure language to polling firms that test different language on voters to see what might be the most successful.

— Grace Hase, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
But Japan’s corporate culture shifted to reward caution over disruptive innovation, a trend that the World Economic Forum attributes to a cultural aversion to failure and risk.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026