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  • present tense form of cause (3rd person singular).
  • plural of cause.
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causes

NOUN
whys and wherefores
Synonyms


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It causes the number of red blood cells in the body to be reduced and leads to fatigue and shortness of breath.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

“So it’s become like an inflexible albatross that causes a lot of waste of electricity,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

She denies that getting close to the sharks and touching them causes harm: "Most of my work and what I share is respecting and observing from a distance," she says.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Frequent stair climbers were 39% less likely to die from heart-related causes and 24% less likely to die from any cause compared with people who climbed stairs less often.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

It’s never entirely clear on any given day what causes what inside the stock market, but it was pretty clear that, on October 31, Meredith Whitney caused the market in financial stocks to crash.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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