causal link

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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link
noun[C]
uk
/lɪŋk/
us
/lɪŋk/
a connection between two people, things, ...
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(Definition ofcausalandlinkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcausal link

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This is not altogether surprising given the problems associated with establishing acausallinkbetween authenticity and motivation.
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Indeed, the research has suggested that such acausallinkexists.
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Is there acausallinkfrom phonological awareness to success in learning to read?
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Their theoretical model outlines acausallinkbetween various cognitive and social processes and the resulting behaviour.
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Patients' strong performance in word/picture matching tasks even in "impaired" categories may provide evidence for thecausallinkhypothesis.
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Anycausallinkbetween democracy and growth would have enormous implications.
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First, they may engulf and mask a theoretically importantcausallinkbetween marital distress and antisocial behavior that holds for only a subset of children.
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He does not see the need to illustrate an actualcausallinkbetween military rule and the reaction of the scholars.
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We represent this kind ofcausallinkby recording the history of the potential energy of each spring.
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While these statistical results are fairly robust, one can question the extent to which they imply acausallinkbetween religiosity and social insurance.
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We represent this kind of time-delayedcausallinkby recording the history of how each body arrived at its present location.
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The nature of thecausallinkbetween obesity and type 2 diabetes has not been fully elucidated.
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It rejects the hypothesis of acausallinkbetween socio-economic status and mental health, but establishes relationships for mortality and accidents.
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In some circumstances, manipulations of neurobiological factors cause cognitive behavioral differences, and acausallinkcan be drawn.
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Like the other factors identified, the association is neither easily ignored nor compelling in its indications of a possiblecausallink.
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Individual expectations and preferences need to be added more explicitly to thecausallink.
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But in practice, it can be difficult to prove the defectiveness and thecausallink.
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These measures would provide clear evidence for thecausallinkbetween parenting and deviant peer affiliation.
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We may argue for acausallinkfrom one to the other, for a common source, or for an extensive dialogue between them.
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Numerous studies have demonstrated acausallinkbetween this metalinguistic achievement and progress in learning to read, at least for alphabetic scripts.
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