ascribe to
Example Sentences
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“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
It was also a "tough" decision because Mr Veevers did not ascribe to a specific custom, and no will had been presented to show that he wished "to exit the world in a certain way".
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
It’s definitely more than what people ascribe to it as a part of a show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
Many effective altruists ascribe to a philosophy called longtermism, which holds that the lives of people deep in the future are as valuable as lives today.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2023
The holy office endeavoured to ascribe to Carranza some other works condemned on the trial: these were the Explanation of the Articles of the Faith, by Fray Dominic de Roxas.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
