as in cause
someone or something responsible for a result
a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own
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Recent Examples of causality
But establishing causality is another task.
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
Analyst Adam Hotchkiss labeled the company a leader in the cloud modernization for the property and causality insurance sector.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
These rules are usually related to symmetry, cause-and-effect (causality), and mathematical consistency.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2025
The former means that nothing can affect something far away instantly—forces take time to travel, so causality stays consistent.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2025
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Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
Analyst Adam Hotchkiss labeled the company a leader in the cloud modernization for the property and causality insurance sector.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
These rules are usually related to symmetry, cause-and-effect (causality), and mathematical consistency.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2025
The former means that nothing can affect something far away instantly—forces take time to travel, so causality stays consistent.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for causality
Noun
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The Oceanside Police Department is actively investigating the cause of the crash, per the Oceanside Fire Department.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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Take a night run or rock on to support good causes, go to a block party, have a scary good time, listen to heroic tunes or shop local at a farmers market.—
John Coffren,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2025
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Of course, there needs to be far more research to prove this is a case of causation rather than mere correlation, but that research is plausible.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Fringe ideas about wellness, disease causation and medications will go mainstream.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causality. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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