proximate

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With investors already fearful about the more proximate risks posed by the hundreds of billions being spent on AI, this vision of the future spooked the markets further.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The proximate causes at times seem minor relative to the reactions they’ve provoked in the market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

“Their failure was a cause-in-fact and proximate cause of the accident,” the department’s lawyers wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Take last Sunday’s Grammys, our most proximate example.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2024

Statistically, part of that ultimate effect of history proves to be mediated by the familiar proximate causes of good institutions.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond