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Free sign upThe phrase "allegedly attributed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing claims or statements that are said to be assigned to a particular source or person, but without definitive proof.
Example: "The quote is allegedly attributed to Shakespeare, though its true origin remains uncertain."
Alternatives: "reportedly credited" or "supposedly ascribed."
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Mr. Michaels, who otherwise declined to be interviewed, said through a spokesman, "I never made the comment allegedly attributed to me in January 2008 to a waitress at the InterContinental Hotel, and anyone who said I did so is either lying or mistaken".
(Its outsize proportions are allegedly attributed to the fact that the contractor confused feet with meters).
Now we have a deeper appreciation of the saying, allegedly attributed to a former top Chinese leader, that "corruption will kill the party; fighting corruption will kill it, too".
There is an infamous line from the Nazi era, allegedly attributed to propaganda minister Josef Goebbels: "When I hear the word 'culture' I reach for my gun".
Interestingly, corneal ulcerations and corneal scarring are late manifestations of NNH that are allegedly attributed to, but not convincingly proven to derive from, anesthesia due to sensory peripheral neuropathy.
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"I write to inform you that none of the events allegedly described by or attributed to Kenneth Doe ever took place," a man in his 30s wrote last month, referring to his role a quarter century ago as one of the children whose allegations of sexual abuse sent three men to prison, fueled a panic in hundreds of families and were later portrayed in the 2003 documentary "Capturing the Friedmans".
The allegedly doctored report attributes the attack to the Syrian general staff.
But if the action cannot be attributed to the allegedly responsible person directly, the relation between the two person-slices just isn't strong enough to warrant responses like punishment and blame (Schechtman 1996, 90 91; 2005, 13).
In fact, it may be ANT's practical applicability that has some led to conclude that "ANT's main shortcoming is its being everything but a theory", a criticism which has been partly attributed to its (allegedly inappropriate) naming [ 13, 21].
Though often attributed to the company allegedly facing bankruptcy, Sakaguchi explained that the game was his personal last-ditch effort in the game industry and that its title, Final Fantasy, stemmed from his feelings at the time; had the game not sold well, he would have quit the business and gone back to university.
Today, people bewail a "hollowing out" attributed to rich foreigners who allegedly "buy to leave" in large numbers.
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