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
These rules are usually related to symmetry, cause-and-effect (causality), and mathematical consistency.
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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
In many countries plunged into war, the causalities include civil society.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
The International Agency on Cancer Research found causality between alcohol use and oral, esophageal, pharyngeal, laryngeal, liver, colorectal, and breast cancers.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 Jan. 2025
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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
In many countries plunged into war, the causalities include civil society.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
The International Agency on Cancer Research found causality between alcohol use and oral, esophageal, pharyngeal, laryngeal, liver, colorectal, and breast cancers.
—Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 9 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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So while unable to prove causation, the results aligned with previous rodent studies showing how high fat, high sugar diets impacted the animals' spatial learning and memory.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2025
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Correlation isn’t causation, but continuity and confidence just might be contagious.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causality. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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