He had a soft spot for lost causes, so he always offered help when others walked away.

In his lecture, the philosopher argued that formal causes play a crucial role in explaining the development of living organisms.

Philosophers debated whether the universe's order could be explained by final causes.

During his hour of cause, he relied on neighbors and his stubborn optimism to keep going.

The respondent's counsel will show cause why the provisional order should not be confirmed at tomorrow's hearing.

The philosopher argued that the proposition was self-caused, possessing its own sufficient grounds outside of temporal chains.

Historians have debated how the Lost Cause influenced school textbooks and public monuments for generations.

During the postmortem, the engineering team decided to root-cause the intermittent outage to a faulty firmware update.

Many common causes of engine failure can be prevented with regular maintenance.

The judge ruled that the supervening cause relieved the defendant of liability.