ascribe
Example Sentences
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His embrace of the soon-to-be mayor can most likely be ascribed to a sensible desire to get off on the right foot with the boss of America’s largest city.
"I think it was incorrectly ascribed to be a white supremacist action," Musk said to Faber.
From Salon
Mpox is no longer the exploding health crisis that it appeared to be six months ago, a lessening that experts ascribe to a combination of factors.
From Los Angeles Times
And Betelgeuse’s current dynamics seem to be connected to its so-called Great Dimming in late 2019 and early 2020, which scientists ascribe to the star’s ejection of a massive blob of gas and dust.
From Scientific American
In an interview in Hong Kong, Leng Lin, the president of Pace Gallery Asia, ascribed the popularity of immersive exhibitions to a basic human desire to feel wonder.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.