attributable
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"Hybrid warfare" is when a hostile state carries out an anonymous, deniable attack, usually in highly suspicious circumstances, but stops short of being an attributable act of war.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Sheldon Jacobson, an engineering professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a regular commentator on the aviation industry, tells me that the capacity issues are directly attributable to the lack of TSA pay.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026
“The apparent resilience in the S&P 500 is attributable to the increasing bullishness of industry analysts’ consensus estimates for earnings per share in 2026 and 2027,” said Ed Yardeni, president and founder of Yardeni Research.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
“The difference of €400m is attributable to €200m of tariffs and €200m of FX, although both of these were in forecasts to varying extents,” the analysts said on the weaker-than-expected guidance for the year.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
Severe reactions may occasionally occur in sensitive individuals, and medical literature records one death possibly, though not definitely, attributable to fire ant venom.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Hillary Clinton's APEC Speech (2011)
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