chalk up

Example Sentences

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The ill will is chalked up to the idea that everybody hates a winner.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Wednesday, equities also got hammered despite January’s surprisingly strong jobs report, action which strategists chalked up to a more complicated outlook for inflation and interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

From MarketWatch

Johnson, who has never tested positive for a banned substance, chalked up the failure to “human error.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The recent moves can be chalked up to “heightened geopolitical risk and a broader move away from the US Dollar,” Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen said Wednesday.

From Barron's

Gold’s impressive run of form can be chalked up to the so-called debasement trade, in which investors retreat from assets like the U.S. dollar due to concerns around fiat currencies.

From Barron's