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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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This causes a greater contrast with the warmer tropics which can fire up a more potent jet stream - the fast moving, narrow band of fast winds high in the atmosphere.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

This movement of hot gas causes the atmosphere on the evening side to expand farther outward than it does on the cooler "morning" side.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

NPH is one of the few causes of dementia that can be controlled or reversed with surgical treatment, usually involving the placement of a shunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yeah, it’s also that our weakness for money, or the power of money, in this culture also causes us somehow to think that if you’re wealthy, you’re also wise rather than just ruthless, right?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Farmer didn’t tell her that sorcery didn’t exist—it was too deeply embedded in the culture for him to dismiss it—but he assured her that her son had died of explainable medical causes.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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