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Recent Examples of causal By comparing seabird populations across the motus, for instance, the researchers hope to be able to pinpoint the effects of removing the rats and, ideally, prove a causal relationship. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025 The researchers then used a statistical technique to explore the causal relationship between social isolation and loneliness, on the one hand, and proteins on the other. Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025 That doesn’t necessarily mean causation, but the connection suggests a causal effect is highly likely. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 No evidence was found to support a causal effect of dysmenorrhea on depression, however, the authors said. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for causal 

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