attribute to
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Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to carelessness or incompetence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
For the third year in a row, accidental drug-related overdose and poisoning deaths have dropped in Los Angeles County, a decline officials attribute to ongoing investments in prevention and harm reduction resources countywide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The New York Post has released the copy they received that they attribute to the suspect.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Drift Protocol lost approximately $285 million in an April 1 cryptocurrency heist, which blockchain analytics companies attribute to North Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
In traditional medicine ‘spirits’ did the work in the body that we would attribute to electrical impulses travelling along the nerves; these spirits were, we might say, barely material.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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