- present participle of cause.
causing
Example Sentences
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A night before, an attack sparked a fire at a Yandex facility in the Ryazan region, causing major outages that affected transport and e-commerce platforms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Meanwhile in Florida, mosquitoes are reportedly causing the largest dengue fever outbreak in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The only way out of this to reduce gas prices in a meaningful way is solve one or both of the geopolitical tensions that are causing high prices," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“If this hurricane ends up causing refinery flooding, it would exacerbate an already tight market for refined products, further pushing up prices at the pump,” Molchanov told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
But he was dead wrong about what was happening to the world and what was causing it.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
