cause and effect
Example Sentences
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The researchers caution that the study found correlations and cannot establish cause and effect.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Most of the studies the authors analyzed are observational and can’t prove cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They also used a technique called Mendelian randomization, a genetic method that helps scientists determine whether an observed association may reflect a cause and effect relationship rather than simple coincidence.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
Their results showed a direct cause and effect link between faulty mitochondrial activity and cognitive symptoms associated with neurodegenerative disease.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
If Tamika could have such a violent stomach-churning reaction, then maybe, just maybe, Fig had suffered the same cause and effect.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
