causal factor

collocation in English

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causal
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.zəl/us
/ˈkɑː.zəl/
a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofcausalandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That makes him not only connected but acausalfactor.
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At which level of regulation will policies converge for eachcausalfactor?
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In this sense, lack of mobility is acausalfactor; lack of access the consequence.
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Lack of supportive social relationships might be acausalfactorin continued depression for these males.
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The lack of preparedness is hypothesized as acausalfactorin the appearance of symptoms.
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Elsewhere, alcoholism is identified as acausalfactorin the onset of individual and familial degeneration.
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That was thecausalfactor.
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Secondly, as here, to ensure that yield trends are correctly identified and attributed to acausalfactor.
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As this review has shown, there is now ample justification for its reinstatement as an all-pervasivecausalfactor.
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Furthermore, the current study illustrates that language intervention can serve as acausalfactorin early lexical development.
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Thecausalfactorfor the partial spatial separation of these species is a matter for conjecture (see below).
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A predisposition is an earlycausalfactorthat is independent of other factors and not essentially changed over time.
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This suggests that disability related to the psychiatric disorder alone is unlikely to be the only mediatingcausalfactor.
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With the rise of the new institutionalism, institutional fragmentation has become much discussed as acausalfactorbehind welfare state variations.
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Alternatively, and more subtly, it is suggested that childlessness may be an index of unsatisfactory marital adjustment rather than acausalfactorin marriage breakdown.
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In any case, it seems questionable to construe female labour-force participation itself as acausalfactor compressing the lower half of the wage distribution.
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Similarly, it may well frequently be the case that government intervention is a recognition of an irresistible tide of change rather than acausalfactor.
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We could always claim that there is an as yet unknowncausalfactorthat necessitates our actions with technology (ad hoc hypothesis).
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Aside from isotopic and modelling data, empirical evidence for methane input as acausalfactorremains elusive and hence is more difficult to discount unconditionally.
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In fact, focusing on self-esteem alone as acausalfactorwould result in a failure to reduce to any great extent the outcomes in question.
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In this respect, several researchers have highlighted the importance of the conditions of exposure as acausalfactorof language dominance in bilingual children.
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The earlier literature reviewed in the introduction suggests that maltreatment is an important potentialcausalfactorfor later disruptive and delinquent child behavior.
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These symbolic markers of change were integrated into a meta-narrative that was linked to the people's "revolutionary spirit" as thecausalfactorbehind various events.
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Frequency of reading has usually been regarded as acausalfactor, when, in fact, the measure can be seen as an outcome of earlier developments.
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