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
The salacious details ascribed to Maddrey are horrid.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
While some of them are ascribed medicinal benefits, more research is needed to evaluate their effects.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
While some of them are ascribed medicinal benefits, more research is needed to evaluate their effects.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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.
—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 1 Apr. 2025.
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