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The phrase "a causal factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing elements that contribute to a particular outcome or effect in various contexts, such as scientific research, social studies, or discussions about events.
Example: "In the study of climate change, increased carbon emissions are identified as a causal factor in rising global temperatures."
Alternatives: "a contributing factor" or "a determining factor".
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It must not appear as a causal factor in the multiplying wrongs that beset us.
The trouble for the Fuller analogy is that science simply does not allow God as a causal factor.
Moreover, excessive alcohol consumption is a causal factor in heart disease and many cancers.
In a 1988 paper on his research, he wrote, "One is led to the conjecture that magnesium deficiency might be a causal factor in migraine".
But an analysis of a number of studies on smoking tobacco and psychosis, published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, now shows that smoking may be a causal factor in itself.
Members of Terreblanche's far right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) movement have pointed to the Shoot the Boer song as a causal factor in the murder of their leader and other white farmers.
migraine is a causal factor in the development of psychiatric disorders.
However, our results provide some evidence that exposure to dollar stores is not a causal factor.
The lipoprotein(a) pathway is a causal factor in coronary heart disease.
The money supply most certainly did increase, but in response to these events and not as a causal factor.
Motor neuron (MN) diseases are characterized by progressive cell degeneration, and excitotoxicity has been postulated as a causal factor.
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