Thesaurus results for ATTRIBUTING

attributing

verb

present participle of attribute

as in ascribing

to explain (something) as being the result of something else attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force

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to give the reason for or cause of a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood

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Recent Examples of attributing Reuters cited an anonymous NATO source as attributing the drone attacks to Russia. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Years passed before doctors solved the mystery, first attributing the behavioral changes to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), then linking that rare condition to a genetic mutation. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026 But are people really attributing that AI data centers are the same or similar credit to US treasuries? — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Officials at the meeting discussed the rise in yields, attributing them to expectations for higher rates from the Fed as well as the build-out in artificial intelligence and solid economic growth. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 In contrast, only two out of 10 consumers have ever used a repair service offered by a fashion brand, a new report said, largely attributing this to the industry’s lack of consistent, active communication that such option actually exists. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Too $hort also expressed his hope that Combs’ time behind bars could rehabilitate him from his abusive ways while attributing his own backlash as an educational experience. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 5 Oct. 2026 But the share McKinsey classifies as high performers, attributing 5% or more of EBIT to AI and calling the impact significant, has stayed flat at about 6%. — Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 While captive whales often live only into their 30s, Marino said attributing their deaths to age fails to acknowledge the reality of why their lifespans are shorter. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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But most disagreed, ascribing them to abiotic reactions and stressing that, overall, the Viking data paint a picture of a dead planet.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 July 2026
Their vocabulary changes Shifts in language and attitude are usually the first signs your son may be ascribing to red pill ideology.

— Sherri Gordon, Parents, 10 July 2026

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The decision was posted on the White House website late in the evening, and the notification noted that the report explaining the decision had been submitted to Congress.

— Will Weissert, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Kate is once again explaining to Hal something very obvious about his own psyche and routine behavior.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

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Chief Bettison said the suspect in that case was taken into custody less than 24 hours after the shooting, crediting community members with helping police identify him.

— Gino Vicci, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
The Democratic National Committee has also sued over the ads, which show numerous images of the president overlaid with quotes from recent speeches demeaning communism while also crediting himself for the largest tax cuts in history.

— Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of crediting

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But Lewis said justifying camera movements through human mannerisms and tics also made the drone the episode’s poignant exhale.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
The frontier lab’s figures are seen as key to understanding underlying demand for cutting-edge AI models, as well as justifying the huge global spending on tech infrastructure.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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