attribute
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“Given all of this newly discovered information, it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Metal mining is energy-intensive, and conventional estimates for its carbon footprint attribute most of its emissions to heavy equipment on-site, as well as diesel transport required to haul ore away.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
In fact, Gabrielle and Katerina attribute the restaurant’s early colossal success to a Los Angeles Times review.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Officials have been careful to attribute it to the pandemic delaying weddings and births, and a large generation of people born to baby boomers reaching the age when they have children of their own.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
There are those who attribute my father's hoarding to being raised during the Depression, but my mother was not one of them.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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He attributes that to strong consumer demand for “premier-tier” handsets and the possibility of price increases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
While her official cause of death was listed as post-polio syndrome and chronic pulmonary failure, McVey attributes her sister's death to the effects of long Covid-19.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Voters, he said, don’t dissect candidates’ identities and attributes the way political professionals do.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Schott Pharma, which makes packaging and delivery systems for injectable medications, attributes the guidance raise to a strong performance and a new agreement with a customer for glass syringes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
In Boston, however, Holmes had discovered that she possessed other winning attributes.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Strategy attributed the loss to a meaningful decline in the price of bitcoin alongside muted sentiment and market skepticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
He attributed his optimism to a guarantee that the new talks would pick up where the previous round left off and of greater EU involvement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Weakness in SK Hynix shares can be attributed to excessive leverage by retail investors, fears of Chinese competition and a failure to live up to aggressive expectations but some analysts remain bullish.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
According to Grissom, some of the increased demand can be attributed to changes in work requirements for CalFresh recipients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
She sold few and attributed the debacle to America’s fading love of poetry.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In San Francisco, pending sales of luxury homes rose nearly 46% year over year, Redfin said, attributing the increase to the boom in artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Clayton-Thomas left the band in 1972, attributing his departure to exhaustion from years of relentless touring.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
RAD filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, attributing its problems to publicity around the state investigation into the business and other “regulatory matters,” according to petition documents.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Otis had praised Pollard in print since his initial condemnation of his ride in the Santa Anita Handicap, even suggesting that he may have been wrong in attributing the loss to the jockey.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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