immediate cause

Examples (10)

• Investigators are trying to identify the immediate cause of the power outage.
• While his poor health was a contributing factor, the immediate cause of death was a heart attack.
• The police report stated that the driver's failure to stop was the immediate cause of the collision.
• The heavy rainfall was the immediate cause of the landslide, but deforestation had weakened the hillside over years.
• The stock market crash was the immediate cause of the company's bankruptcy.
• What was the immediate cause of the system failure?
• Historians agree that the assassination of the archduke was the immediate cause of World War I.
• Finding the immediate cause of the software bug is our top priority.
• Their argument was the immediate cause of the breakup, though underlying issues had existed for months.
• The investigation revealed that faulty wiring was the immediate cause of the fire.