proximate
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The proximate cause is a fuel price increase, no question about it.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
The proximate cause of this crisis is a war that most of these farmers had little reason to care about before.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
With investors already fearful about the more proximate risks posed by the hundreds of billions being spent on AI, this vision of the future spooked the markets further.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 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
Behind these and other proximate factors, I saw an “Optimal Fragmentation Principle”: ultimate geographic factors that led to China becoming unified early and mostly remaining unified thereafter, while Europe remained constantly fragmented.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing proximate
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