attributes

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The executive, a veteran researcher himself, attributes the excitement to a landmark Harvard University paper from December 2023 that successfully demonstrated error correction using neutral atoms.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The latter went viral, a fact Evans attributes to many of the first week shows of “Choo Choo Revue” selling out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He attributes the increase in prices partly to disruption in global air routes and longer freight routes, linked to conflict in the Middle East.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Anime’s visual attributes like large, expressive eyes, exaggerated hair and sharp lines look radically different from the typical Disney cartoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

So, for example, if we wanted to describe the oral texture of something, one of the attributes we would look at is slipperiness.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell