proximate
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Maybe those comments, which received considerable coverage in Canada, were not the proximate cause for Carney's diplomats to pack up and go home over the weekend.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The blending of the prosaic with the philosophical creates a recasting of Plato’s cave allegory, though Ms. Day’s proximate influences often seem more postmodern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The proximate cause is a fuel price increase, no question about it.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
Malibu claims that the fire was “not an accident” but a “foreseeable and proximate result of unlawful conduct” by the defendants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Hence the next four chapters will explore how the ultimate cause of food production led to the proximate causes of germs, literacy, technology, and centralized government.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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