Example Sentences

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Mr. Pollan points to a 2022 study that found that “a single psychedelic experience dramatically increases the likelihood that a person will attribute consciousness to other entities, both living and nonliving.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Readers and reviewers who notice the errors will assume they originated with the author and will attribute them, at most, to the absence of an editor.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

Official Olympic paperwork and TV graphics will attribute Russian results to "ROC" but won't spell out the Russian Olympic Committee's name in full.

From Fox News • Jul. 18, 2021

Carroll worries that people will attribute Major’s difficulties to his status as a former shelter dog.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2021

Some who are aware that I was far from rich, will take me to task for my indifference to gain; they will attribute my generosity to vainglory or to stupidity.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo