attribute
verb (used with object)
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed byto ).
have been attributing
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present perfect progressiveof attribute.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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They have been attributing the slowdown in domestic travel demand to a jump in bookings for foreign trips.
From Reuters ● Oct. 11, 2023
Military analysts and reporters on the ground have been attributing the slowing pace of Russia’s offensive to a lack of manpower.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Experts have been attributing the slowing pace of the Russian offensive in Ukraine to a lack of manpower.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Is it possible that I may have been attributing it to a wrong cause?
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
"That," replied Harry, "I had not any right to do; it would have been attributing to myself what did not belong to me, and equally inconsistent with truth and honesty."
From The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day
