as in to ascribe
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents
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In a speech delivered Wednesday in Paris, Governor Christopher Waller had a more optimistic take on inflation, saying that imputed, or estimated, prices that feed into inflation data are keeping rates high, while observed prices are showing moderation.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
For a 1,500 mile flight, for example, only about $400 of income would be imputed under what’s known as the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rate.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascribing higher salaries to paperwork-heavy jobs, such as those of banking and environmental compliance personnel, would impute a considerably higher paperwork burden cost.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
All exceed the $15.18 seemingly imputed to paperwork by OMB.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
For a 1,500 mile flight, for example, only about $400 of income would be imputed under what’s known as the Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rate.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Ascribing higher salaries to paperwork-heavy jobs, such as those of banking and environmental compliance personnel, would impute a considerably higher paperwork burden cost.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
All exceed the $15.18 seemingly imputed to paperwork by OMB.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Impute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impute. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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