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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
Investigators are still determining what caused the crash.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Russia said the blackout was caused by Ukrainian shelling.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Debate and discourse have dominated headlines as to what specifically caused the recent dramatic sell-off in cryptoassets, but a few facts remain true.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
What caused the curlew's extinction?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Farmers have found ways to alleviate the stress caused by the drought.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 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
Flight disruptions caused by controllers missing work might add to the pressure on Congress to reach an agreement to end the shutdown.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The company had to resolve significant safety concerns that had caused the FDA to reject the bid back in 2022.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Russia said the blackout was caused by Ukrainian shelling.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Debate and discourse have dominated headlines as to what specifically caused the recent dramatic sell-off in cryptoassets, but a few facts remain true.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Oct. 2025
What caused the curlew's extinction?
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Farmers have found ways to alleviate the stress caused by the drought.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 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
Flight disruptions caused by controllers missing work might add to the pressure on Congress to reach an agreement to end the shutdown.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The company had to resolve significant safety concerns that had caused the FDA to reject the bid back in 2022.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caused
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Wearing a floor-length brown double-breasted coat featuring buttons that stopped at her waist, the attire created a sultry thigh-high slit that allowed Jolie's leg to peek through.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The country’s Afro-Portuguese history, its position as a more affordable European destination compared to France or Italy, and its genuine warmth toward international visitors have created the perfect storm.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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Matchweek eight saw the Premier League’s 20 teams create 55 big chances, the highest of the season — yet, those opportunities brought multiple head-scratching misses, including a couple with game-state-altering potential.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Chung brought a broader perspective.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The brazen Sunday theft — which has prompted a security review at the Louvre, Reuters reported, as well as reviews at other cultural sites — brings to mind another robbery that occurred over a century ago in the same location.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The backlash prompted the New York state GOP to disband its chapter of the organization.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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These vortices are called flux ropes, and satellites had previously observed small flux ropes—but our work helped uncover how they are generated.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Louisville Tourism estimates that Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life generated nearly $43 million in local economic impact in 2025.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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The French started to plunder Spanish ships on their voyages to Spain, and the English quickly joined in—their attacks shaped, in part, by the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, which spawned anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish sentiment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The incident also spawned a lawsuit.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Reynolds, a lifelong John Candy fan, produced the documentary and asked Hanks to direct it.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the carbon footprint of the meat consumption depends on where the meat was produced, Goldstein said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 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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Plus, there have been more personal revelations, such as how Pratt is suffering from eczema induced by fire debris toxins.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Interestingly, only 18% of the phages that had been predicted by models could be induced in the pure living cultures.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Caused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caused. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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