as in cause
someone or something responsible for a result
presented data that supports the thesis that poverty is the primary causation of crime
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Recent Examples of causation
What economists—and the Fed—really need to know, is the causation.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Nobody wants to be in the chain of causation, for lack of a better term.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
That wide gap in literature is precisely what da Silva Frost and Eastwick sought to fill, designing an experiment that extended beyond correlation and into causation.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Kikani adds that the study’s short-term follow-up time may not fully capture the long-term effects of cancer development and that the observational study design can only point toward association rather than causation.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Nobody wants to be in the chain of causation, for lack of a better term.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
That wide gap in literature is precisely what da Silva Frost and Eastwick sought to fill, designing an experiment that extended beyond correlation and into causation.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Kikani adds that the study’s short-term follow-up time may not fully capture the long-term effects of cancer development and that the observational study design can only point toward association rather than causation.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for causation
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The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has declared outdoor air pollution and particulate matter Group 1 carcinogens, proven causes of lung cancer.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Global Perspective Fibroids affect millions of women around the world, but there is still little known about their cause.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Causation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causation. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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