Example Sentences

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“If you listen to what CEOs say about why they’re doing layoffs, sure, some of them are attributing it to AI. How much we should believe them—that I’m less certain about.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Ordinary experiences, imperfections, sadness, and anxieties are increasingly given the imprimatur of medical disorders, she concludes: “In other words: we are not getting sicker — we are attributing more to sickness.”

From Salon • May 13, 2025

Some climate scientists are attributing the increase in the intensity of the recent storms to environmental changes.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Analysts are attributing the new party’s unexpected victory to its pledges to bring transparency, zero tolerance for corruption and reforms to key sectors.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

The question therefore arises as to whether the emotional outburst which we are attributing to the arrival of a female may not after all be due to the presence of an intruding male.

From Territory in Bird Life by Howard, H. Eliot