as in to ascribe
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents
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Recent Examples of impute
The percent of owners raising and planning to raise prices (and wages) are too high to reach that 2% inflation rate for goods and services whose prices are market determined (not imputed like rent etc.).
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William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
In a speech delivered Wednesday in Paris, Governor Christopher Waller had a more optimistic take on inflation, saying that imputed, or estimated, prices that feed into inflation data are keeping rates high, while observed prices are showing moderation.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
For a 1,500 mile flight, for example, only about $400 of income would be imputed under what’s known as the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rate.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascribing higher salaries to paperwork-heavy jobs, such as those of banking and environmental compliance personnel, would impute a considerably higher paperwork burden cost.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
In a speech delivered Wednesday in Paris, Governor Christopher Waller had a more optimistic take on inflation, saying that imputed, or estimated, prices that feed into inflation data are keeping rates high, while observed prices are showing moderation.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
For a 1,500 mile flight, for example, only about $400 of income would be imputed under what’s known as the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rate.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascribing higher salaries to paperwork-heavy jobs, such as those of banking and environmental compliance personnel, would impute a considerably higher paperwork burden cost.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Based on those intense interactions, the temptation to ascribe God-like powers to the AI is going to be huge.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Another trait often ascribed to footballers is courage — the kind that enables them to put their head into a frenzy of flying boots, or take a decisive penalty when thousands are willing them to fail.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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Coyotes are territorial and many reports of bold coyotes visiting yards, howling or threatening larger dogs can often be attributed to this territorial behavior.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Forecasters attribute the chill to upwelling, which occurs when the wind blows at an angle to the coast, pushing the warm, upper layer of water away from the shore and allowing cooler, deeper water to rise.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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“Impute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impute. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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