causal
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Because male hair loss has been studied far more extensively than hair loss in women, the researchers were only able to investigate a possible causal connection in men.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
But scientists who have spoken to the BBC say they are confident that, at least in some cases, school absence is playing a key causal role.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Both Kissei and Amgen said the deaths included cases for which no causal link to the medicine could be determined.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
That is a causal fallacy dressed up as moral clarity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There are many confounding factors, however, and whether there’s any causal relation between the two phenomena is unclear, as is its direction, if there is one.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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