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
While assigning causality to human behavior is about as useful an enterprise as trying to teach a dog how to cook waffles, a couple factors may have been instrumental in circumventing another election-year collapse.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Correlation analysis does not infer causality here.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But establishing causality is another task.
—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
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Correlation analysis does not infer causality here.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
But establishing causality is another task.
—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
See All Example Sentences for causality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for causality
Noun
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The proximate cause of the latest dispute was not a flyswatter or a report but a letter, written by Macron and delivered to the King of Morocco in late July of last year.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2025
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But even collectively, the research found only correlations that might implicate nitrate—not the hard proof of causation required to trigger the difficult and controversial process of tightening federal health regulations.—
Dave Hage,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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Neither party does a better job As any student of introductory statistics learns, correlation doesn’t imply causation.—
Christopher S. Warshaw,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causality. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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