cause and effect
Example Sentences
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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
This research is observational, which means it cannot prove cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
Their experiments focused on a specific scenario, repeated mild brain injury, and used CTE tissue to provide supporting observations rather than direct proof of cause and effect.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
The Nobel laureate’s work transformed how central banks understand cause and effect in the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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
