Examples of causality in a Sentence
Scientists found no causality between the events.
a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own
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That recognition has spawned numerous studies, some of them surprisingly serious, to test the limits of causality.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
With that high-stakes user in mind, Elicit clearly shows users claims of causality and the evidence that supports them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
But its pitfalls are well known, the most obvious being the problem of determining causality when the effects of certain variables are very small and predictions are therefore hard to make with confidence.
—Nell Irvin Painter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
But recent evidence indicates that the causality can run the other way: panel studies have found that many people change their political views first and then become less religious.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
With that high-stakes user in mind, Elicit clearly shows users claims of causality and the evidence that supports them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
But its pitfalls are well known, the most obvious being the problem of determining causality when the effects of certain variables are very small and predictions are therefore hard to make with confidence.
—Nell Irvin Painter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
But recent evidence indicates that the causality can run the other way: panel studies have found that many people change their political views first and then become less religious.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
See all Example Sentences for causality
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“Causality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/causality. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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causality
noun
cau·sal·i·ty
kȯ-ˈza-lə-tē 
plural causalities
: the relationship between cause and effect
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