cause
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“We’ve seen nothing that would give us cause to intervene.”
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Meat is expensive and it might cause friction if someone is paying for a pricey item they can’t even enjoy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Still, Wembanyama had a chance with less than two minutes remaining to help the Spurs’ cause with the easiest shots in basketball: a pair of free-throws.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
For many years, researchers suspected that genetic damage inside mitochondria was the primary cause of their decline.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Even so, she promised herself that she would not read so much as a paragraph within an hour of her bedtime, for it seemed the kind of tale that was likely to cause bad dreams.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing cause
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 1
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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