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Firms should double down on their efforts to align their technology strategy with their business goals, using tools like digital twins, predictive analytics, and causal AI to better anticipate and mitigate risk, improve processes, and enhance customers and staff experiences.
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Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
By comparing seabird populations across the motus, for instance, the researchers hope to be able to pinpoint the effects of removing the rats and, ideally, prove a causal relationship.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
The researchers then used a statistical technique to explore the causal relationship between social isolation and loneliness, on the one hand, and proteins on the other.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
That doesn’t necessarily mean causation, but the connection suggests a causal effect is highly likely.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
By comparing seabird populations across the motus, for instance, the researchers hope to be able to pinpoint the effects of removing the rats and, ideally, prove a causal relationship.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
The researchers then used a statistical technique to explore the causal relationship between social isolation and loneliness, on the one hand, and proteins on the other.
—Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
That doesn’t necessarily mean causation, but the connection suggests a causal effect is highly likely.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for causal
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“Causal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/causal. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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