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someone or something responsible for a result
presented data that supports the thesis that poverty is the primary causation of crime
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Recent Examples of causations
Goldie, like Bucephalus, seized the bit and galloped into the intoxicating world of knowing, of finding out, of discovering reasons and causations.
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Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Such mergers of different sources of resentment were among the major causes for war in 1914.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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This controversial topic has yet received little attention theoretically and empirically, but marketers and policy makers are confronted by the need to deal with its causes and consequences.—
Ezgi Eyüboğlu,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 May 2026
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“Causations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causations. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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