attribute to
Example Sentences
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Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Some of the unseen matter we attribute to dark matter could, in fact, be made of such relics.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
The New York Post has released the copy they received that they attribute to the suspect.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Except for the latter, these men were offered as “character witnesses”—persons expected to attribute to the accused a few human virtues.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
