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causes

noun as in whys and wherefores

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The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.

In addition to visiting the tomb of John Paul, who died of natural causes in 2005, Agca asked to see his successor, Pope Francis.

Then, Rogen convinces Franco to drink some contaminated water from a stream—which causes the 127 Hours Oscar nominee to dry-heave.

Beat the Blahs What causes this wintertime down-in-the-dumps attitude?

Understandably, many of these celebrities choose causes that are personal to them or easy to explain or understand.

Whether advocates and orators had liberty to plead in causes, manifestly known to be unjust, vexatious, or oppressive?

The presence of phenol causes a deep amethyst-blue color, as in Uffelmann's test for lactic acid.

The causes became apparent the day before, although those directly interested did not understand.

The film must be carefully fixed by heat: underheating causes the erythrocytes to stain red; overheating, pale yellow.

This whole region is for the most part very cold, owing to various causes.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to causes, such as: details, explanations, justifications, and whys.

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

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