Example Sentences

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A string of high-profile layoff announcements in which executives have attributed steep job cuts to AI have furthered Americans’ mistrust of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Analysts have attributed the rise to enthusiasm about artificial-intelligence breakthroughs in China and a truce in the trade war between the U.S. and China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

When “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” won Oscars for their more adult-skewed risks, one could have attributed their victories to those directors’ fan bases.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

While Macron did not explain the reason for the accessory during his speech, French reports have attributed it to an ongoing medical condition.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

She was to concede that she may have attributed more deliberation than was feasible to her thirteen-year-old self.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan