Thesaurus results for ATTRIBUTED

attributed

verb

past tense of attribute

as in ascribed

to explain (something) as being the result of something else attributed the quick rescue to the well-trained police force

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as in explained

to give the reason for or cause of a psychotherapist who's a little too quick to attribute every emotional problem or character defect to an unhappy childhood

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Recent Examples of attributed Their prices steadily climbed throughout 2025 and early 2026 before crashing at the end of January, which analysts had attributed at the time to Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh, considered a monetary policy hawk, to lead the Federal Reserve. —

Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Heated Rivalry, while still contending with the strict heteronormative and masculine nature attributed to hockey culture, builds a romance between Shane and Ilya that is neither sidelined nor simplified. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Though the use of AI has exploded since ChatGPT was released in 2022, the rise in productivity over the past five years likely cannot be fully attributed to AI. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2026 The artist gets a bump, the bump can’t be definitively attributed to the campaign that paid for it, and nobody can say for sure what’s organic and what isn’t. —

Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026 Cisco also attributed the latter layoffs to the need to restructure around AI and security, The Register reported at the time. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026 Commissioner Ben Sorensen attributed some of the initial delays to the pandemic. —

Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026 The increase in attendance can be attributed to a few changes from 2025. —

Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026 The company attributed the drag to a tough comparison base, as well as its ongoing focus on streamlining the wholesale channel, particularly in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa). —

Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 14 May 2026

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Investors in BDCs rely on the values ascribed to the loans, since there is no active market where the assets trade.

— Olivia Fishlow, Fortune, 17 May 2026
Science communication scholars originally ascribed to a top-down, one-way model of communication.

— Prodromos Yannas, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026