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
And while correlation between methylation and gene expression was strong, causality was not proven.
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New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
To evolve beyond vanity metrics, marketing leaders must embrace a new ROI model, one that reflects causality, journey orchestration and adaptability.
—Srikanth Ramachandran, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And, therefore, that even your basic notions of causality may not apply in such extreme conditions.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
Officials said Liberto sent an email threatening to cause mass causalities among churchgoers.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
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New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025
To evolve beyond vanity metrics, marketing leaders must embrace a new ROI model, one that reflects causality, journey orchestration and adaptability.
—Srikanth Ramachandran, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And, therefore, that even your basic notions of causality may not apply in such extreme conditions.
—Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2025
Officials said Liberto sent an email threatening to cause mass causalities among churchgoers.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for causality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for causality
Noun
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The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The cause of it is still under investigation.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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What economists—and the Fed—really need to know, is the causation.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nobody wants to be in the chain of causation, for lack of a better term.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causality. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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