proximately
Example Sentences
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The damage “was proximately and substantially caused by the actions of Defendants ... and each of them ... caused Plaintiffs’ damages,” the complaint said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
The judge said in that case that Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 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
“For example, if the plaintiffs in this case cannot recover on their excessive force claim, that will not foreclose recovery for injuries proximately caused by the warrantless entry,” Alito wrote.
From Washington Post ● May 30, 2017
Lastly, in the generation of plants and animals we have, perhaps, the most striking and p. 196common example of the inevitable tendency of all action to repeat itself when it has once proximately done so.
From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Samuel Butler
