impute

Example Sentences

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Justice Chandrachud said his comment on seeking divine guidance was because “I am a person of faith” and “to impute motives to judges is not right”.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

We can’t impute the human motives of revenge to creatures whose intelligence and emotions are funneled through an entirely different evolutionary scheme.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

To some listeners, though, he remains a toxic figure whose alleged misdeeds impute a moral if not a commercial stain on artists who continue to work with him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

“One cannot impute this transcription error to Benedict XVI as a conscious false statement or ‘lie,’ ” the letter said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

“And do you impute it to either of those?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen