cause and effect

Example Sentences

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To try and shed light on the cause-and-effect relationship, Australian researchers are recruiting 13- to 16-year-olds for a "Connected Minds Study" to assess how the ban affects their wellbeing.

From Barron's

Clear cause-and-effect situations like this are nearly impossible to recreate in controlled experiments, giving researchers a rare natural experiment.

From Science Daily

The decision sparked a firestorm, in part because a cause-and-effect link between amyloid reduction and a slowing of cognitive decline has not been established.

From Washington Post

The former acting defense secretary went so far as to describe Trump's speech and the riot as "cause-and-effect."

From Salon

The cause-and-effect connection looks especially strong because stopping the reactions set off by these leaks actually reverses signs of disease, at least in rodents.

From Scientific American