as in attributed
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 ascribed
Data collected in the late 1800s and early 1900s suggested different races have different lung capacities, a phenomenon researchers ascribed to innate biology rather than social, economic or environmental factors.
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Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This is all to say that the problems often ascribed to climate change are fundamentally problems of poverty.
—Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This is all to say that the problems often ascribed to climate change are fundamentally problems of poverty.
—Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Ascribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascribed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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