attributes
Americannoun
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He attributes much of his personal and professional success to the people he grew up with.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
By defining these perceptual attributes more rigorously, the researchers have supplied a missing piece in Schrödinger's long standing vision for a closed mathematical model of color.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
The latter went viral, a fact Evans attributes to many of the first week shows of “Choo Choo Revue” selling out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The same attributes that made Hong Kong an attractive place for business under British colonial rule now make it a hub for terror financing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Obviously, the environment or the milieu that surrounds an organism contributes to its physical attributes.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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