The phrase "a singular cause of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific reason or factor that leads to a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The researchers identified a singular cause of the decline in bee populations, which was linked to pesticide use."
Alternatives: "a unique reason for" or "a specific factor in".
But even before the escalation of insider killings by Afghan forces, the Afghan Local Police program had been a singular cause of concern.
The multitude of interconnected factors at play make it altogether impossible to pinpoint a singular cause of the affordability crisis in San Francisco.
Clostridia species are gram-positive anaerobic rods and typically can form endospores. Some Clostridia species, including Clostridium tetani, C. botulinum, and C. perfringens, are well-known pathogens that are often isolated as a singular cause of infectious disease, and C. difficile is responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis.
I learned that IC doesn't have a singular cause or set of symptoms; it's a catch-all term for chronic bladder pain.
"It we could unite them around a singular cause, we could have an army," he said.
Of course, a doll isn't the singular cause of anyone's eating disorder or obsession with juice cleanses or extremely high hair salon bill.
The studio atmosphere is subdued with a collective concentration a familial coterie of young film buffs dedicated to the singular cause of continuing the Troma legacy.
So perhaps the bigger picture is not whether Dharun Ravi's homophobia and heinous tweets were the singular cause of Clementi's taking of his life, or even a final undulation in the ocean of turmoil in which he was clearly drowning.
Even José Mourinho, the singular cause of the universal desire for metrosexual messiahs among Premier League directors and fans, recently lamented the influx.
However, bluntly asserting that poverty is the singular cause of the prostitution trade fails to acknowledge that men's poverty has not begot a global demand from women to pay them for sex acts, that without men's demand there would be no trade at all, or the highly specific abuses that so commonly characterise women's entry into it.
Lower back pain is a complex condition, influenced by a number of factors and often a challenge when trying to identify any singular cause or even a single major factor [ 2].
