proximately
Example Sentences
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Mandated reporters who fail in their duty are guilty of a misdemeanor and are “civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by such failure,” state law says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
In allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said that Anthony Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Without ruling on the merits, Davis said the allegations permitted "reasonable" inferences that Fox Corp acted with malice and proximately caused Dominion's alleged damages.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022
The school's filing also alleges that the woman's "negligence and carelessness contributed to and proximately caused the injuries and damages alleged."
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2016
Granting the hypothesis that like causes will always produce like effects, we find ourselves unable to show that the cases are exactly, or even proximately, the same.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
