Examples of because of in a Sentence
I was late for work because of the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare.
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And that is because of the high-profile problems with 777 and Eagle Football Group.
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James Pearce, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Democrats contend that the legislation will disenfranchise many of their voters because of its strict requirements for proving one’s identity and citizenship.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Our lawmakers who passed this act have their rewards, and doubtless many of them got rewarded with votes in the last election because of it.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
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James Pearce, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Democrats contend that the legislation will disenfranchise many of their voters because of its strict requirements for proving one’s identity and citizenship.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Our lawmakers who passed this act have their rewards, and doubtless many of them got rewarded with votes in the last election because of it.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Because of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/because%20of. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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