The phrase "attributed to a source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the origin of information, ideas, or quotes, indicating that they are credited to a specific individual or publication.
Example: "The theory was first attributed to a source in the early 20th century, gaining popularity over the decades."
Alternatives: "credited to a source" or "ascribed to a source".
The Washington Post's report was attributed to "a source with close ties to current residence staffers".
Over the years, there were also suggestions that the losses could be attributed to a source inside the F.B.I.
Even a detail as basic as where the general was born is carefully attributed to "a source close to a businessman reputed to be close to Than Shwe".Worse, Than Shwe seems to be several different people.
This is a common means of distorting the news: a fact is reported as accusation, and then attributed to a source that the press has done everything to discredit.
To assess the trend of transmission between Dutch and non-Dutch persons, secondary cases were attributed to a source case-patient, defined as the patient from whom the new strain was first isolated (10).
attributing to a source ideas or information that is not included in the source.
Moreover, this technique rejects the spurious connectivity between two cortical sources without time delay, which could be attributed to a common source or volume conduction.
Sometimes the voices people hear are not their own, and instead are attributed to a celestial source.
Often, our discomfort can't be attributed to a specific source; it is simply a result of a career mismatch.
One official in the Bush White House used to dispense information but demand that it be attributed to "a Capitol Hill source," recalled Marlin Fitzwater, the former press secretary.
When the convection Mach number of the vortex is small the sound can be attributed to a dipole source whose strength equals the fluctuating lift, which is dependent on the airfoil motion induced by the vortex.
