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

“And that’s really disappointing and discouraging to a lot of female politicians who don’t ascribe to that type of behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

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

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

American approval he might well ascribe to national bias if not to personal friendship.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston