Cause and Press

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Press and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Cause and press are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

human	human cause	human press
old	old cause	old press
good	good cause	good press
single	single cause	single press
Other adjectives: actual, real, great, huge, little, bad, key, new, major.

Gary refuses to press his because the Bosses told them it would cause something horrible to happen.

Source: Literature / Clocks that Don't Tick
Exploding lithium ion laptop batteries got a lot of press in 2006; the cause in most of those cases was metal impurities inside the batteries causing a short circuit.

Source: Explosive Overclocking
Lunacy: When the ingame calender detects a full moon, the player can press A at night to cause Lunar Bugs to appear.

Source: Video Game / Boktai

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