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ascribes

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present tense third-person singular of ascribe

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to explain (something) as being the result of something else ascribed their stunning military victory to good intelligence beforehand

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Recent Examples of ascribes The effect was similar to the one writer Joan Morgan ascribes to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026 One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories. — Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 In line with the science of his time, which said that lunar craters were volcanic, Verne ascribes his flickering light to an eruption. — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026 Meanwhile, Brewer ascribes Starbucks’ success in Italy, where even the average person is a coffee connoisseur, to offering people, especially young people, a place to relax and enjoy a coffee. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026 This breakup analysis ascribes no value to the companies being under the same corporate parent. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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Gretchen Palek, head of alternative at Blumhouse Television, attributes the show’s success to the careful and sensitive approach to telling these terrifying experiences while highlighting real-life universal anxieties.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Hardy attributes much of the current state of voter apathy to the media’s focus on fraud and voter integrity.

— Heather LaMarre, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

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