Attributable
adjective
If something is attributable to an event, person, or thing, it is caused or created by them.
The increase in childhood diseases is directly attributable to poor sanitation.
Often appears as...
- directly attributable
- attributable to
adjective
If something is attributable to an event, person, or thing, it is caused or created by them.
The increase in childhood diseases is directly attributable to poor sanitation.
Often appears as...
- directly attributable
- attributable to
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Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Use 'attributable' to highlight a direct cause for an effect or result you're discussing.
The success of the project was attributable to the team's hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Blame
'Attributable' points out facts or reasons without implying blame or responsibility.
The error was attributable to a system malfunction, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
Using 'attributable' can make an explanation sound more objective or scientific.
The extinction of dinosaurs is attributable to a massive asteroid impact.
Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Use 'attributable' to highlight a direct cause for an effect or result you're discussing.
The success of the project was attributable to the team's hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Blame
'Attributable' points out facts or reasons without implying blame or responsibility.
The error was attributable to a system malfunction, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
Using 'attributable' can make an explanation sound more objective or scientific.
The extinction of dinosaurs is attributable to a massive asteroid impact.
Pro Tip 1/3Cause and Effect
Use 'attributable' to highlight a direct cause for an effect or result you're discussing.
The success of the project was attributable to the team's hard work.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Blame
'Attributable' points out facts or reasons without implying blame or responsibility.
The error was attributable to a system malfunction, not a person.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Tone
Using 'attributable' can make an explanation sound more objective or scientific.
The extinction of dinosaurs is attributable to a massive asteroid impact.
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Nicholas Christakis: The...
in whether your friends know each other is attributable to your genes. Whether your friends know each other has not just to do with their genes, but with yours. And we think the reason for this is that some people like to introduce their friends to each other -- you know who you are -- and others of you keep them apart and don't introduce your friends to each other.
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Your body language may...
And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades, and it seems to be partly attributable to participation.
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Your body language...
important in the MBA classroom because participation counts for half a grade so business schools have been struggling with its gender grade gap you get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades and it seems to be partly attributable to participation so I
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The popularity, plight...
it means our oceans are dying. And sadly, most of this decline is attributable to human activities. Historically, penguins have had to deal with multiple disturbances. The mass collection of penguin eggs and the harvesting of the seabird guano they nested in caused the dramatic decline
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Amy Smith: Simple...
It leads to all sorts of environmental problems and problems that affect people throughout the nation. A couple years ago there was severe flooding that led to thousands of deaths -- that's directly attributable to the fact that there are no trees on the hills to stabilize the soil.
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Tierney Thys: Swim with...
but it's actually Latin for millstone, and that's attributable to their roundish, very bizarre, cut-off shape. It's as if, as they were growing, they just forgot the tail part. And that's actually what drew me to the Mola in the first place, was this terribly bizarre shape.
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Paving the way towards...
think this philosophy or wisdom is not true only for China but also in the United States if you recall at the turn of the 19th century more than 75 percent of the u.s. GDP was attributable to cotton production in the south and associated industries and
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Who was the world's...
was written with a reed stylus pressed into soft clay to make wedge-shaped marks. But until Enheduanna, this writing mostly took the form of record keeping and transcription, rather than original works attributable to individual writers.
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You don't have to be an...
were attributable to household and ambient air pollution, with most occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Ambient air pollution alone causes more deaths each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS.
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Chris Jordan: Turning...
yearly in the United States, attributable to abuse and misuse of prescription painkillers and anti-anxiety medications. One-third of all drug overdoses in the U.S. --
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Nicholas Christakis: The...
in whether your friends know each other is attributable to your genes. Whether your friends know each other has not just to do with their genes, but with yours. And we think the reason for this is that some people like to introduce their friends to each other -- you know who you are -- and others of you keep them apart and don't introduce your friends to each other.
Video examples
Your body language may...
And this is really important in the MBA classroom, because participation counts for half the grade. So business schools have been struggling with this gender grade gap. You get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades, and it seems to be partly attributable to participation.
Video examples
Your body language...
important in the MBA classroom because participation counts for half a grade so business schools have been struggling with its gender grade gap you get these equally qualified women and men coming in and then you get these differences in grades and it seems to be partly attributable to participation so I
Video examples
The popularity, plight...
it means our oceans are dying. And sadly, most of this decline is attributable to human activities. Historically, penguins have had to deal with multiple disturbances. The mass collection of penguin eggs and the harvesting of the seabird guano they nested in caused the dramatic decline
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Amy Smith: Simple...
It leads to all sorts of environmental problems and problems that affect people throughout the nation. A couple years ago there was severe flooding that led to thousands of deaths -- that's directly attributable to the fact that there are no trees on the hills to stabilize the soil.
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Tierney Thys: Swim with...
but it's actually Latin for millstone, and that's attributable to their roundish, very bizarre, cut-off shape. It's as if, as they were growing, they just forgot the tail part. And that's actually what drew me to the Mola in the first place, was this terribly bizarre shape.
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Paving the way towards...
think this philosophy or wisdom is not true only for China but also in the United States if you recall at the turn of the 19th century more than 75 percent of the u.s. GDP was attributable to cotton production in the south and associated industries and
Video examples
Who was the world's...
was written with a reed stylus pressed into soft clay to make wedge-shaped marks. But until Enheduanna, this writing mostly took the form of record keeping and transcription, rather than original works attributable to individual writers.
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You don't have to be an...
were attributable to household and ambient air pollution, with most occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Ambient air pollution alone causes more deaths each year than malaria and HIV/AIDS.
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Chris Jordan: Turning...
yearly in the United States, attributable to abuse and misuse of prescription painkillers and anti-anxiety medications. One-third of all drug overdoses in the U.S. --
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's very courageous act, hiring a Federal Reserve chair, with the charge to induce a recession. That recession was probably the reason he didn't win a second term.
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Jared Diamond
American Author
The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.
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Mawra Hocane
Pakistani Actress
I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.
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Bob Woodward
American Journalist
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional health program.
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Charles Horton Cooley
American Sociologist
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norwegian Politician
Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology.
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Rick Perlstein
American Historian
The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's very courageous act, hiring a Federal Reserve chair, with the charge to induce a recession. That recession was probably the reason he didn't win a second term.
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Jared Diamond
American Author
The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves.
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Mawra Hocane
Pakistani Actress
I believe how a character eventually turns out is completely attributable to an actor. Even with a meaty role, if I am enacting it as an accessory, I will look like an accessory.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.
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Bob Woodward
American Journalist
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional health program.
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Charles Horton Cooley
American Sociologist
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
Norwegian Politician
Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology.
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