How to Use causal in a Sentence

causal

adjective
  • There is a causal link between poverty and crime.
  • No causal connection between the events was found.
  • Jeans and pumps or jeans and sweaters, that is my causal go-to.
    — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Whitmore is cautious not to draw causal links.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
  • Jameel, on the other hand, went with a causal gray shirt and black hoodie.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2018
  • None has shown a causal connection.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Teasing out what is causal and what isn’t is difficult to do.
    — Adrian Hernandez, STAT, 14 Oct. 2020
  • But a causal link between kratom and death has not been established.
    — Mason Marks, STAT, 26 Aug. 2021
  • No study has proved a causal link between cannabis use and violence.
    — WSJ, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Because the laptop doesn’t have the causal power of a black hole.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The agency has found no causal link between the vaccines and these deaths.
    — Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 7 May 2021
  • But can silences — absences of sounds — have a causal impact on us?
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • This is the idea spelled out in loop quantum gravity, or in causal sets.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Yet the line has too many zigs and zags and ups and downs to clinch a causal connection.
    — Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Like any local, each has their favorite spots, whether that be causal food or fine dining.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025
  • None have found proof of a causal relationship.
    — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Walker decided to keep things causal with a brown jacket and black pants.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Affleck kept it causal in gray denim and a black hooded sweatshirt.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • And most of those studies suggest that kind of linear causal effect.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 8 June 2024
  • Here’s a description of all the causal mechanisms for how the world works.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
  • This is alarming, but the causal mechanisms are still unclear.
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • None of these would give one pause or prompt a serious search for some kind of causal link to pregnancy loss.
    — Jason Castro, Scientific American, 8 Dec. 2020
  • There is a reason for this causal relationship.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Steier said that at this point, there is no evidence of any causal link between acetaminophen use in kids and autism.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • To test whether this might be causal, the researchers did a variation on the initial survey.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 May 2023
  • This is a unique event geared for the causal golfer to enjoy this picturesque executive golf course.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • This is a unique event geared for the causal golfer to enjoy this picturesque executive golf course.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • The idea that there was some kind of a causal connection here is, at this time, pure speculation.
    — Sarah Jeong, The Verge, 9 May 2018
  • But causal foot traffic had slowed to a crawl, fueling more anger at the drop in business than caution.
    — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
  • According to a press release, the study results are not causal, and cannot reveal the source of these trends.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025

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