ascribe
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accredit, attribute, chalk up, credit, impute, lay, put down
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Paris’s involvement in the company is probably one reason why Renault’s stock price ascribes so little value to its core business. — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Fiat-Renault’s Giant Merger Doesn’t Look So Simple Now," 4 June 2019 Some of the dollar’s strength during this time can be attributed to past mischief in currency markets by China, but more can be ascribed to the unique role the U.S. financial system plays in the global financial system. — David Beckworth, National Review, "Why the U.S. Dollar Will Remain Strong," 22 Aug. 2019 While many view what happened at old Comiskey Park that night as horseplay run amok, other ascribe less benign sentiments to what transpired and what fueled it. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "White Sox and Steve Dahl defend Disco Demolition T-shirt giveaway amid criticism: 'What happened?'," 12 June 2019 The average consumer might ascribe the declining price to a variant of Moore’s law. — Ashwin Rodrigues, Fortune, "Your Smart TV Is Getting Too Smart for Your Own Good," 21 July 2019 In the early 1980s, Gary Sinise and John Malkovich both saw and were ascribed great personal resonance in theses characters. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, "‘True West’ is back at Steppenwolf, wrestling with the ghosts of Malkovich, Sinise and Shepard," 15 July 2019 The patronizing left does not ascribe agency to any other peoples, but the fact is this, people respond to incentives. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Trump followers complicit in atrocities he’s committing," 15 July 2019 Each year, sports-videogame developers strive to capture the on-field talent of hundreds of athletes in their games, ascribing numerical ratings to player skills. — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, "Pro Athletes Beg and Whine For Faster, Stronger Videogame Doubles," 27 Sep. 2018 Several fatalities have been ascribed to bull sharks. — Gavin Naylor, The Conversation, "Shark Week looms, but don’t panic," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ascribe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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