Synonyms for attribution
ˌæ trəˈbyu ʃənat·tri·bu·tion

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1. attribution, ascriptionnoun

   assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

   "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"

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   ascription

2. attribution, ascriptionnoun

   assigning to a cause or source

   "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

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   ascription

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1. List of paraphrases for "attribution":

   allocation, award, awarding, assignment, conferral, imputation, assigning, vesting, allocating, allotment, authoring, granting

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How to use attribution in a sentence?

1. United States:

   Attribution in peacetime is tricky enough... I would say there's a real danger of unintentionally attributing something to United States that the United States or its allies simply did not do.

2. Richard Horwell:

   They wanted to evade attribution for his death because they wanted to avoid political fallout in the UK.

3. Arleen Leibowitz:

   It is hard to get people to agree to tax themselves to pay for a ` public good ’ which improves everyone’s health, but where attribution between cause and effect is less obvious.

4. Kara Frederick:

   I'm very circumspect about Biden’s actions in this summit because we're supposed to impose costs when cyberattacks occur and when they meet a level of attribution to a state, most cyber criminals in Russia operate with tacit state approval.

5. Kenny Irby:

   I think The Seattle Times's disgraceful propaganda and terribly misrepresentative of documentary journalism in times like this, when truth-telling and accountability is so important, there is no attribution. There is no acknowledgment of the montage, and it's terribly misleading.