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[uh-skrahyb] / əˈskraɪb /


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Rhind said Monday’s stock action “isn’t just an earnings hangover” but a rerating of Microsoft’s progress with AI — meaning that the market is coming to ascribe a higher multiple to the shares.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

If we are equal in this sense, then it is impossible to defend policies that ascribe lesser worth to some individuals or groups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

“With uncertainty regarding the supply picture looking ahead, we speculate investors may be less willing to ascribe a higher multiple even in light of an improved demand backdrop,” analysts wrote.

From Barron's Apr. 17, 2026

Like everyone I spoke to, Tim and Star ascribe Minneapolis’ successful mobilization to lessons learned during that time.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2026

To ascribe it to such a motive would be easy enough.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Today, MS ascribes no value to Resolution in its base case for either company, Anand says.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Papic ascribes a 60% probability to the conflict ending in approximately two weeks.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

He ascribes Poland's rapid military build-up to "first of all, the geopolitical situation, but also, the experience of history."

From BBC May 2, 2025

What is important is that he is able to convince fanatic followers of the sacred mission he ascribes to himself as well as to them.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2023

The modern belief, however, ascribes the foundation of this era to a king Śālivāhana of Pratishṭhāna, which is the modern Paiṭhaṇ, on the Gōdāvarī, in the Nizam’s dominions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

It’s worth noting that Apple recently raised prices on many products, but the company ascribed those increases to higher costs for memory chips, driven up by intense demand from AI firms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Hamilton has ascribed his improvement in form after a difficult 2025 to "a change of attitude".

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

The capital influx would be a major catalyst for Oracle, as the market seems to have ascribed “negative value” to the OpenAI relationship, Luria noted.

From MarketWatch Feb. 9, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

The explanation why such actions were ascribed to the most majestic of the gods is, the scholars say, that the Zeus of song and story has been made by combining many gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“But tonight, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it great again by ascribing to me an incident involving Ilya Shapiro.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

Wall Street is essentially ascribing the majority of future GLP-1/obesity market share to a duopoly—Lilly and Novo, notwithstanding competition.

From Barron's Sep. 26, 2025

But, having no reason to demand a toxicology report and with their father ascribing the symptoms to Gisèle’s tendency to “overdo,” they were forced to accept vague diagnoses associated with aging.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2025

But she cautions against people ascribing a disability to a character who is not disabled.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2023

When it came to my choices, I tried to be somewhat unpredictable, to prevent anyone from ascribing any sort of message to what I wore.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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