ultimate cause
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Resuming the studies could pose challenges, and will likely depend on what doctors determine was the ultimate cause of the patient’s death.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
In each case, humans were the ultimate cause.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021
Sure, it was the weapon of choice, but it wasn't the ultimate cause of death.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2020
The ultimate cause, however, was a malfunctioning culture that allowed a plane to go into service with such a glaring safety vulnerability in the first place.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2019
For our purposes, however, the ultimate cause of the condition is less important than its systemic manifestation, which was a congenital inability to separate his thoughts from his feelings about them.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
