due to · as a result of · thanks to · owing to · since · because

I was late as a result of the train delay.

Due to a number of unfortunate causes, one-parent families are on the increase.

With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.

She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

For one reason or another their holiday in France didn't come up to expectations.