attributes
Americannoun
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Booth believes in using “factors,” or specific investment attributes, to improve the performance of an index.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
Ingram partly attributes Black men’s interest in golf to renewed interest from other professional athletes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
"But we seem to be sleepwalking into a conclusion that will result in the next owner of Thames Water - having, doubtless, many attributes - having none of these attributes."
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
He attributes the potential recovery to the restart of the subsidiary’s Oswego aluminum plant, which should boost volumes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Chlordane, another chlorinated hydrocarbon, has all these unpleasant attributes of DDT plus a few that are peculiarly its own.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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