cause and effect

Example Sentences

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Because the study was observational, it cannot prove cause and effect.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

By identifying this previously unknown layer of interaction between gut bacteria and the immune system, the study shifts the field beyond simple associations and toward understanding cause and effect.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

He did, and in 2011, Christopher Sims and his friend Thomas Sargent won a Nobel Prize for their work revealing how the lines of cause and effect ripple through the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

I’m trying to put myself in her shoes, playing games not of cause and effect, but of effect and cause.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon