causal

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Recent Examples of causal Embedding causal inference to improve reasoning, reduce error cascades, and support safer, more reliable operations. Rajeev Ronanki, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Multiple public-health researchers and clinicians have added that prior studies did not establish a causal link between SSRI use and mass shootings. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025 Mental illness is a strong causal factor in suicides, studies show, but only about 3% to 4% of violent acts are attributable to serious mental illness alone, Swanson’s research showed. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 So no causal relationships can be confirmed, despite the robustness of the research. New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for causal
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Adjective
  • Still, Target is taking aim at its biggest problem, and given the declining fortunes of this classic American brand, that alone constitutes a creative step in the right direction.
    Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • From a creative perspective, who was the better playwright, Inchbald the professional or Austen, who merely played around at it in her fiction?
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Americans can channel the collective agony and frustration to encourage meaningful change, cooling down the division, making gun laws safer, opening genuinely constructive discussions, informing the public about the risks and calling on lawmakers to take real action.
    Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For leaders, these signals should prompt constructive conversations about the importance of switching off.
    Alliance Manchester Business School, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Causal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causal. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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