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

NOUN
whys and wherefores
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Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global health and pro-democracy causes around the world.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

According to the FDA, it takes action if the agency finds “that the level of a contaminant causes the food to be unsafe.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

In India and Southeast Asia, it typically causes drier conditions.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

He said these were different causes, but they had the same lesson - "the testing lab is now where the risk lives".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

And it is not the relative insubstantiality of her clothing that causes Marco to stare, but the tattoo that snakes across her skin.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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