proximately

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The judge said in that case that Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Mandated reporters who fail in their duty are guilty of a misdemeanor and are “civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by such failure,” state law says.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023

The school's filing also alleges that the woman's "negligence and carelessness contributed to and proximately caused the injuries and damages alleged."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2016

It may be a ‘practical impossibility to prove that the alleged malpractice of the teacher proximately caused the learning deficiency of the plaintiff student.’

From Time • Nov. 11, 2014

In none of these cases can we be even proximately certain of the length of the animal.

From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by Vasey, George