as in ascribing
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 imputing
His definition of terrorism does not require imputing specific motives to protesters who own a gun or, like Renee Nicole Good, drive a car.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
That data is then preprocessed by imputing gaps, flagging outliers and normalizing signals.
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Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Estimates are that some 35% of BLS data for its price reports is affected in some way by imputing.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Aug. 2025
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
That data is then preprocessed by imputing gaps, flagging outliers and normalizing signals.
—
Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Estimates are that some 35% of BLS data for its price reports is affected in some way by imputing.
—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imputing
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The group immediate drew praise on social media for not ascribing the cancellation to anything beyond the most obvious factors.
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Wednesday’s verdict in Los Angeles on the ninth day of jury deliberations shows the difficulty of ascribing how much social media is to blame for youths suffering varying degrees of distress.
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Apple's iPhone 18 Pro is expected to see a significant price increase, with CEO Tim Cook attributing it to inflationary pressures on memory and storage components.
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The pair divorced in 2023, with Vergara later attributing the split to differing views on having children, which Manganiello disputed.
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“Imputing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imputing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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