causal
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In contrast, economist Christine Mulhern’s 2023 paper finds that individual high-school counselors have causal effects on educational attainment comparable in magnitude to teachers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Supporters of Thomas defended the remarks as part of a broader critique of government overreach, suggesting he was drawing philosophical parallels rather than asserting a direct causal relationship.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
We must confront the causal factors of antisemitism honestly and address antisemitism where it is most common and most virulent.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
It will be co-ordinated with local probes into whether there was a causal link between the contaminated formula and the deaths of three babies in France.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing causal
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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