as in to create
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the ice storm caused a massive power outage
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as in reason
someone or something responsible for a result
the much-debated causes of the war
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as in movement
a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal
joined the freedom fighters' cause as a young man
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Recent Examples of cause
Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2026
Tests showed that the hybrid system outperformed conventional reinforcement under everyday conditions, such as those caused by normal road traffic.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
The cause is a behavioral phenomenon known as correlation neglect, according to Wachter.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
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Verb
This pencil stays put all day, too, and can be used on sensitive skin —this won’t cause irritation.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2026
Tests showed that the hybrid system outperformed conventional reinforcement under everyday conditions, such as those caused by normal road traffic.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
Donating tons of money to all these causes, and trying to just improve his image.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
The cause is a behavioral phenomenon known as correlation neglect, according to Wachter.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cause
Verb
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Armchair analysis fills the space that is created by the absence of available facts.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Another measure, House Bill 1645, would create state versions of FEMA programs as Mississippi officials prepare for reduced federal disaster support.—
ALEX ROZIER Mississippi Today,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Lawmakers in New Mexico also cited the intense immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota as a reason to limit cooperation with ICE.—
David A. Lieb,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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While Western thought often separates the two, in Chinese culture, emotion and reason are more deeply intertwined.—
Precious Adesina,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Know More The administration’s approach to the actual cases never fit the pattern of a new antitrust movement.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Thus, the robot can adapt to new situations without losing key properties of the movement, such as keeping a bottle vertical so as not to spill the contents, as per the press release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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McCarthy warned that being too quick to bring untested criminal cases against political adversaries risks damaging institutional legitimacy regardless of which party is in power.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Feb. 2026
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The government brought forward major reforms and bans on assault-style weapons after the country suffered its worst-ever shooting attack in 2020, when a man impersonating a police officer killed 22 people in northern Nova Scotia.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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In a new secondary analysis of the larger trial published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Patti and her colleagues asked how different social determinants of health affected outcomes after bariatric surgery compared to medical therapy for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity.—
Elizabeth Cooney,
STAT,
19 Jan. 2026
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This research suggests that social determinants of health, including financial stress and food insecurity, may belong in the same conversation.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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Democrats are shaking up their campaign against the GOP’s 2025 tax cuts.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jackson’s presence in the Bay Area went beyond campaign stops and global diplomacy.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Not to mistake correlation for causation, but the category also happens to be the one that has seen the most women of color win.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2026
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Researchers have looked for years for smoking-gun evidence that social-media use directly causes mental-health problems in young people at scale, and have mostly turned up weak and inconsistent correlations and no way to prove long-term causation.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cause.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cause. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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