Thesaurus results for IMPUTING

imputing

verb

present participle of impute

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 Importing it into biology as a whole risks imputing a kind of cryptic self-awareness to all life. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026 His definition of terrorism does not require imputing specific motives to protesters who own a gun or, like Renee Nicole Good, drive a car. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2026 That data is then preprocessed by imputing gaps, flagging outliers and normalizing signals. — 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

Verb

But most disagreed, ascribing them to abiotic reactions and stressing that, overall, the Viking data paint a picture of a dead planet.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 July 2026
Their vocabulary changes Shifts in language and attitude are usually the first signs your son may be ascribing to red pill ideology.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 July 2026

Definition of ascribing

Verb

Boeing has admitted fault in these tragedies, attributing the cause of the crashes to a flawed Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Smith said the award, which was given Saturday at the organization’s gala, had nothing to do with journalism, attributing the dishonor to board members unhappy with his political opinions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026