cause and effect

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cause and effect (usually uncountable, plural causes and effects)

  1. Causation; causality; the process whereby causes lead to effects.
    • 2022 September 19, Philip Oltermann, quoting Bodo Ramelow, “Germany’s Die Linke on verge of split over sanctions on Russia”, in The Guardian[1]:
      “The thesis that the federal republic of Germany is leading an economic war against Russia reverses cause and effect”, said Bodo Ramelow, the Left party state premier for Thuringia.

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