ascribe
Example Sentences
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The plaintive observation, ascribed to the early Victorian British Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne about the acerbically self-confident historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, remains the motto of the thoughtfully skeptical man through the ages.
Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".
From BBC
Today, MS ascribes no value to Resolution in its base case for either company, Anand says.
Some investors ascribed Monday’s rally mostly to relief that the weekend was relatively light on bad news.
“We ascribe to them too much competence. I do not consider what’s happening now to be the result of great strategic thinking.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.