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cause

noun as in belief; undertaking for belief

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But Cosby Truthers are applying their principles to the wrong cause.

So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.

If Dudesmash were to be something we continued doing, this would be an important year to do it, ‘cause we didn’t do one last year.

Michelle Obama tweeting a hashtag is somehow cause for outrage.

Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?

Without any known cause of offence, a tacit acknowledgement of mutual dislike was shewn by Louis and de Patinos.

There is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.

If we are to have a real education along lines of expression we must begin with the "content," or cause, of expression.

Rapidity of action and a self-confidence which on the battlefield never felt itself beaten were the cause of Murat's success.

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On this page you'll find 262 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cause, such as: element, explanation, matter, motivation, motive, and origin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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