as in ascribing
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 imputing
That data is then preprocessed by imputing gaps, flagging outliers and normalizing signals.
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Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Estimates are that some 35% of BLS data for its price reports is affected in some way by imputing.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Estimates are that some 35% of BLS data for its price reports is affected in some way by imputing.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imputing
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The actress is cautious in ascribing too much power to her position.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
15 Dec. 2025
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Describing African resistance to slavery as a form of fugitive politics enables us, moreover, to confront accounts that, while acknowledging the reality of the resistance of the enslaved, end up depoliticizing it by ascribing it primarily to private emotions such as fear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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Still, the predatory hawks that used to feed on those birds haven’t returned this year, Moore said, attributing their absence to avian flu.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Lord of the Rings franchise director Peter Jackson joined the billionaires club in November 2021, with Forbes attributing his financial status to selling a stake in his company, Weta Digital, for $975 million.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Imputing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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