To understand what has happened to the earth's atmosphere—and, therefore, how our climate might change in the future—some ice-core scientists in the Arctic are training their eyes directly downward.—Bryan Walsh, Time, 18 Aug. 2008Most Irish jump racing—and therefore most of the racing discussed in the book—is the laid-back pastime of enthusiasts …—Max Watman, New York Times Book Review, 9 Apr. 2006A good approach to finding out what makes us humans so darn special would therefore be to get complete maps of the human and chimp genomes, and compare the two.—John Derbyshire, National Review, 7 Nov. 2005Characteristically, however, Darwinists, like primitive economists, assume that what is humane—I use the word here, unexceptionably, as I believe, to mean whatever arises from the desire to mitigate competition and to put aside self-interest—is unnatural, and therefore wrong.—Marilynne Robinson, The Death of Adam, (1998) 2005I was once sitting behind a newspaper in the Swansea common room while two engineers, i.e. lecturers in engineering, therefore by common consent philistines, chatted together.—Kingsley Amis, Memoirs, 1991
The cell phone is thin and light and therefore very convenient to carry around.
Payment was received two weeks after it was due; therefore, you will be charged a late fee.
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Advertisers could argue that such agreements reflected primarily freedom of expression and therefore entitled to First Amendment protection.—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 As a practical matter, this was perfectly logical for a regime that saw getting the bomb as central to its survival: How else could the Iranians produce nuclear weapons free from external reliance and therefore vulnerability?—John R. Bolton, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025 The researchers suggest a particular chemical marker that could be a dead giveaway of dark dwarfs — the isotope lithium-7, which burns easily and is therefore quickly consumed by ordinary stars.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 July 2025 Female bodies therefore have access to a wider range of immune genes, making their defense system remarkably strong and diverse.—Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for therefore
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