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The phrase "a likely cause of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing potential reasons or explanations for a particular outcome or event.
Example: "The researchers identified a likely cause of the increase in pollution levels in the area."
Alternatives: "a probable reason for" or "a possible explanation for".
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Screen time is a likely cause of the ongoing surge in teen depression, anxiety, and suicide.
A likely cause of this feature is the pile up of the dayside-eroded magnetic flux.
That removes what was once a likely cause of another major war in the Middle East.
Sleep clinicians are advised to consider depression as a likely cause of sleepiness and fatigue.
Mutation signature analysis implicated oxidative stress associated with reprogramming as a likely cause of point mutations.
A likely cause of uplift is a restraining bend in the offshore Catalina strike-slip fault.
Injection of wastewater and carbon dioxide increases pore pressure in rocks, a likely cause of uplift.
Many gloomy forecasters see water as a likely cause of future wars.
For one, protein misfolding during transcription has been suggested as a likely cause of some human diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Dr. Cohen said that "rabies was not thought of as a likely cause" of the donor's death.
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These details are then used to determine and assign a likely cause-of-death.
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