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to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the ice storm caused a massive power outage
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Recent Examples of caused
At the same time, inflation has caused pain.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
That slow movement has already caused problems.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
In a separate statement to Whittier Daily News, Rowley claimed that the city had ignored complaints about upraised sidewalks caused by tree roots for years, and stated the city had not implemented adequate inspection protocols.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Specifically as geo-political headlines around tariffs and other such issues have caused risk-on assets (many stocks), crypto has reacted in a similar manner.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Fourteen of those cases involved actual crashes, and 23 caused injuries.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
What caused the curlew's extinction?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The sheer volume of these data-scraping bots has caused issues for the platform, straining its resources and increasing its hosting costs.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
That slow movement has already caused problems.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
In a separate statement to Whittier Daily News, Rowley claimed that the city had ignored complaints about upraised sidewalks caused by tree roots for years, and stated the city had not implemented adequate inspection protocols.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Specifically as geo-political headlines around tariffs and other such issues have caused risk-on assets (many stocks), crypto has reacted in a similar manner.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Fourteen of those cases involved actual crashes, and 23 caused injuries.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
What caused the curlew's extinction?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The sheer volume of these data-scraping bots has caused issues for the platform, straining its resources and increasing its hosting costs.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caused
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See our fan gallery created by Courier Journal photographer Scott Utterback.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Examples include the hospitality boxes F1 has created with Lewis Hamilton and Gordon Ramsay for 2025.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Johnston wrote that the Bright Futures Fund was brought into the diocesan accounting system and was under the regular oversight of its finance office.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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The furor prompted Apple and Google to remove VenApp from their play stores.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The union declined to comment on whether the move prompted any layoffs.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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The right-hander generated a ground ball to get the force out at home in an extremely close call, and the very next pitch was a risky fly out tracked down by Andy Pages (who entered the game after the bases were loaded).—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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For the first time, solar energy generated more electricity than coal across the European Union.—
Alexis Abramson,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Other events in the secondary season include the November 2018 tornado outbreak which spawned at least 10 tornadoes throughout Middle Tennessee, killing one person and injuring three others.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Nov. 2025
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The film spawned a divisive sequel — which was also directed by Dante, but not written by Columbus.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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There are alternative sources for jobs data, such as ADP’s private-sector payrolls and proxies produced by the Chicago Fed, which Goolsbee oversees, but few good ways to track consumer prices.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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My introduction to complex works was New American Radio, produced by Helen Thorington and Regine Beyer in the 1980s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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Mahomes induced two questionable penalties that led to 10 points in two separate drives.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki induced consecutive groundouts with two runners aboard to end the eighth.—
Beth Harris,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Caused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caused. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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