cause
noun
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect.
will be causing
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future progressiveof cause.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"It's a horrendous case and she will be causing harm to lots of people and changing their lives. But this is happening to hundreds of thousands of people every year."
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
It’s important to remember that Hurricane Laura may have weakened, but it hasn’t gone away entirely, and will be causing extreme weather in southern states for a while yet.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2020
First, experts at the World Health Organization and the FDA have to predict which flu strains will be causing most of the illness in the coming season.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2013
If the trend continues, by 2020 the virus will be causing more throat cancer than cervical cancer, the study concluded.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2011
Oil revenues in 1980 amounted to some $25 billion, or nearly 50% of the nation's entire economic output, but smaller oil receipts will be causing new problems.
From Time Magazine Archive
