ultimate cause
Example Sentences
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Resuming the studies could pose challenges, and will likely depend on what doctors determine was the ultimate cause of the patient’s death.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
Dr. Young, the co-leader of the study, said addressing issues like these would require significant changes in human behavior and economies given that “the ultimate cause is human consumption.”
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
Sure, it was the weapon of choice, but it wasn't the ultimate cause of death.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2020
That spurt of new construction, builders and the city agree, is the ultimate cause of the permitting backlog.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2019
Thus, Chapter 3 sketched the immediate factors behind Europe’s conquest of Native Americans, and Chapter 4 the development of those factors from the ultimate cause of food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
