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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cause-and-effect in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cause-and-effect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cause-and-effect in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.

  2. President Ronald Reagan:

    Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself. ...[I] hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

  3. Jacob Bigelow:

    It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect.

  4. Atheendar Venkataramani:

    No study like this can prove cause and effect, but it does show a link between economic conditions and mental health.

  5. Irwin Redlener:

    It's rarely going to be a direct cause-and-effect, a storm would not cause a well-balanced kid to kill themselves. But this is mostly worrisome for the vulnerable children -- that is, (children) who have had some preexisting challenges like depression ... Kids who tend to be loners and not very communicative. Kids with other types of mental health conditions ... This is the last straw.

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