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We do not ascribe likelihoods to either scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

If you’re a seasoned people-mover rider, luxury is probably the last word you’d ascribe to the vehicle another mid-century promo video called a “monster on wheels.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

And while a cursory examination of the film might ascribe that attribute to the public’s taste for poorly made, mid-tier trash, that conclusion would be wholly incorrect.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

Analysts ascribe that partly to higher inflation and larger federal budget deficits but also to hopes for stronger economic growth—driven by private-sector investment in areas such as AI infrastructure and renewable energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Eurasia Group is one of the world’s leading geopolitical risk consultancies and it ascribes a two-thirds probability to the pause in hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz holding.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

As he spoke, Cenni removed his sock to reveal a large portion of his foot missing, an injury he ascribes to the kitchen attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

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

Lu ascribes the game’s longevity to none other than community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

They see only limited sensitivity to interest-rate moves, little value being ascribed to concession extensions, and an 8.7% yield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Every now and then at flea markets, or in the occasional photography book, I come across one of Plantagenet’s old pictures, usually erroneously ascribed to the twenties because of the Daimler.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“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

Greenhalgh’s script doesn’t seem at all interested in understanding Winehouse psychologically, instead ascribing all her woes to her toxic co-dependent relationship with Fielder-Civil.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

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