causal
adjective
of, constituting, or implying a cause.
causally
-
a word derived from
causal.
Example Sentences
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It is worth noting the difficulty in interpreting this result causally — many factors likely differ for families with ACEs that we simply can’t control for, despite our efforts.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025
Their result showed correlations exist between distant galaxies whose formation processes are apparently independent and causally unrelated.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2023
There is currently no proof that the vaccine is causally linked with preterm birth, and the 1% increase was not significant.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2023
By identifying these regions in the genome that are influencing dietary intake, we can plug them into this method and get more information on what diseases certain foods actually causally influence.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2023
Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
