as in to attribute
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 ascribe
There is another quality that some have ascribed to Mr. Myrie: his apparent nerdiness.
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Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 1 May 2025
For Powell to ascribe to the Fed a role in pushing back against Trump’s expressed economic ignorance reveals Powell as Trump’s equal on the matter of economics, and equally delusional.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Retirement experts ascribe much of the progress to evolving strategies that encourage more workers to save for retirement.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
And, for that matter, those who don’t ascribe to the gender binary.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 1 May 2025
For Powell to ascribe to the Fed a role in pushing back against Trump’s expressed economic ignorance reveals Powell as Trump’s equal on the matter of economics, and equally delusional.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Retirement experts ascribe much of the progress to evolving strategies that encourage more workers to save for retirement.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
And, for that matter, those who don’t ascribe to the gender binary.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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The Innovation Gap: By The Numbers The wealth gap between the EU and US, which was 17% in 2002, has widened to 30% in 2023, with 72% of this gap attributed to productivity differentials rather than labor contribution.—
RSM Discovery,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Analysts attributed Nissan's troubles to factors including an aging line-up, a lack of hybrid models in the U.S. and excessive focus on increasing output under former top executive Carlos Ghosn whose near two-decade year tenure ended in 2018.—
Daniel Leussink,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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“Ascribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascribe. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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