ascribe
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Nowadays, the group can hardly exert control of areas within Yemen itself, and again, the intelligence community in 2025 and 2026 can only ascribe “intent” to the group and not actual attacks.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026
“We ascribe to them too much competence. I do not consider what’s happening now to be the result of great strategic thinking.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“We would ascribe that to data which reinforces the probability the Fed will cut rates in December, but was not so bad that you worry the economy is slowing precipitously,” he said via phone.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025
We ascribe $3 billion of revenue to Amgen’s GLP-1 drug, MariTide, in Phase 3 clinical trials, which we view as potentially differentiated.
From Barron's • Sep. 26, 2025
Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Vocabulary lists containing ascribe
The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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