- present participle of attribute.
attributing
Example Sentences
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It laid off 8,000 employees in May, attributing the cuts to the cost of its AI initiatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The money lies in the RBIs,” Kent said while attributing that quote to Lasorda during his speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
In San Francisco, pending sales of luxury homes rose nearly 46% year over year, Redfin said, attributing the increase to the boom in artificial intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Clayton-Thomas left the band in 1972, attributing his departure to exhaustion from years of relentless touring.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
She must be attributing the change in her vision to some maneuver of the tracker’s rather than a betrayal by me.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
