How to Use cause and effect in a Sentence

cause and effect

noun
Definition of cause and effectnext
  • Rauber cautions that the study could not parse cause and effect.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 24 June 2024
  • As a cause and effect, everyone around me has changed as well.
    — Kyle Buchanan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Like most research on the oral-systemic link, these studies can't prove cause and effect.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • These delightful toys teach cause and effect, hone fine and gross motor skills, and more.
    — Christine Luff, Parents, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The jingly bell at the center adds some sensory fun to help littles learn about cause and effect.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 11 July 2024
  • But a walk down Memory Lane is a good reminder that cause and effect didn’t always work this way.
    — WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The odds that this chain of causes and effects might actually come to pass — and affect the specific physicians in the case — boggles the mind.
    — Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Curiosity, cause and effect, and gaming have always been in our DNA as a species, and that’s across all cultures.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • On a basic level of cause and effect, some of these incidents would not have happened without the bombing of Gaza.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • And, in a complicated chain of cause and effect, the fact that both homeowners and renters are staying put has worked to keep inflation high.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • Tackling climate change causes and effects Palm’s is one of two bills that have been the purview of the Environment Committee.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
  • OpenAI says there are a few tweaks to be worked out, including not understanding cause and effect.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
  • There may be no way today to prove cause and effect with your particular vaccine injury.
    — Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, STAT, 11 June 2024
  • Just fill it with water and then set it on a flat surface, like a high chair tray or the floor, and watch your baby pat it and move the little fish inside (which also introduces them to cause and effect).
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 8 June 2024
  • So there’s a difference between trying to talk about cause and effect and excusing an action.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But the evidence is observational and doesn't prove cause and effect.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That, in turn, frees them up to amass more money, until cause and effect become impossible to distinguish.
    — George Packer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
  • But figuring out the chain of causes and effects in these narrow slices of Earth’s vast, broken geological record is like trying to solve a murder.
    — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Natural selection shaped the human brain to navigate the world by inferring cause and effect.
    — Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Both toys are great for helping kids work on motor skills, further their cognitive development, and get familiar with colors, shapes, and cause and effect.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 11 July 2024
  • One of the symptoms of these disorders — which affect as many as 5% of American children — is a limited ability to understand cause and effect.
    — Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
  • The framework also has implications for understanding the tricky question of cause and effect in complex and emergent systems.
    — Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024
  • Parents and caregivers should look for toys that allow babies to explore cause and effect, stimulate the senses, and support fine and gross motor development.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Results, the paper acknowledges, should be taken as correlations rather than proven cause and effect because the trial was not randomized.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • There isn’t an easy cause and effect: if someone makes a birthday card joking about getting wasted for your birthday, that could be seen as irresponsible of the manufacturers.
    — Sadhbh O'Sullivan, refinery29.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Understanding cause and effect would make existing AI systems smarter and more efficient.
    — Will Knight, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Toys that make noise when interacted with—whether crinkle, chime, or squeak—offer auditory stimulation and teach cause and effect.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Playing with building blocks can teach kids cause and effect, strengthen their gross motor, dexterity, and fine motor skills, and enhance sensory play abilities.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The problem is that this evidence came mostly from observational studies, a type of analysis that can't show cause and effect and that might produce misleading results, Manson says.
    — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The problem is that this evidence came mostly from observational studies, a type of analysis that can't show cause and effect and that might produce misleading results, Manson says.
    — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cause and effect.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: