cause and effect
Example Sentences
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Because the study was observational, it cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
Because this was an observational study, it cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
The editors of the London Review of Books aren’t conspicuous Trump fans, but they are appreciators of cause and effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
He did, and in 2011, Christopher Sims and his friend Thomas Sargent won a Nobel Prize for their work revealing how the lines of cause and effect ripple through the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Three nuthatches he found later provided a sorry little step-by-step lesson in cause and effect: one was feeding on an elm, another was found dying of typical DDT symptoms, the third was dead.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
