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someone or something responsible for a result a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own
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Recent Examples of causality Though not necessarily a finding of causality, the study calls for more research and awareness into the common and routine use of melatonin by millions of individuals daily. —
Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Assigning causality in such cases is like trying to force a freshly-shucked oyster into the coin slot of a parking meter, and nearly as ridiculous. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025 There’s causality and cause and effect. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025 These studies, like most studies that assess environmental exposures, typically cannot determine causality between agricultural-pesticide exposure and autism risk. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for causality
Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Assigning causality in such cases is like trying to force a freshly-shucked oyster into the coin slot of a parking meter, and nearly as ridiculous. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025 There’s causality and cause and effect. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025 These studies, like most studies that assess environmental exposures, typically cannot determine causality between agricultural-pesticide exposure and autism risk. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for causality
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Initially treated as a death by natural causes, the case was later ruled a homicide after an undertaker noticed a knife wound on the back of her neck.— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
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Rush’s dominance in the fan vote, however, was more correlation to their Rock Hall induction than causation.— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
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The contest over causation goes to parents’ simultaneous senses of responsibility and helplessness about their children’s fates.— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/causality. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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