attributing

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Chief Executive Michael Bender called the result Kohl’s best comparable-sales performance in over four years, attributing the moderate decline to ongoing efforts to improve the business.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The Trust is cautious about attributing the changes directly to climate change at a single site.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Chopra responded, “Nothing human is foreign to me,” attributing that to a “Roman poet whose name I forget.”

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The used-car retailer posted earnings and revenue that outstripped analysts’ forecasts for the first quarter, attributing the strength to higher vehicle sales.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

We have long known of the clue you mention; in fact, that clue remains our strongest one in attributing this work to the master, Michelangelo Buonarroti.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg