as in so
for this or that reason
it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home
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Recent Examples of therefore
In other words, free-speech rights—like all rights, really—reflect, and therefore can be enlisted to perpetuate, existing power relations.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The remedy sought by Gaines is therefore already in place, meaning her claim is no longer needed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
This inherently communal nature makes the whole experience fun and low stakes, and therefore easy to set up at home.
—Irene Yoo
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
At earlier times, that light must have been higher in energy, and the Universe must have therefore been hotter.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
The remedy sought by Gaines is therefore already in place, meaning her claim is no longer needed.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
This inherently communal nature makes the whole experience fun and low stakes, and therefore easy to set up at home.
—Irene Yoo
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
At earlier times, that light must have been higher in energy, and the Universe must have therefore been hotter.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for therefore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for therefore
Adverb
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While this has not been a strength so far this year, I'd be shocked if Andy Reid didn't test the undermanned Ravens front seven -- and have at least a little bit of success.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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And so, Vladimir and Estragon wearily choose to continue waiting, day in and day out.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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By this time, Elio is beginning to confront the reality of Oliver’s eventual departure (and thus, his first experience of true heartbreak).—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the two years since then, police have interviewed friends and family in a thus-far fruitless attempt to explain why anyone would want Avila dead.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Truth is, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Ernest is this epic film’s brutally flawed main character, a seemingly nice-enough nobody who returns from World War I, falls in love with and marries Gladstone’s Mollie, and consequently helps to orchestrate her and her family’s destruction.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some free Black families consequently sent their male children to France to be educated.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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McBride is aware of that, hence her pain.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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It’s taken 40 iterations to get the formula just right (hence WD-40), but like a magician, the company behind this miracle product won’t reveal its secrets and tell the world exactly what’s in WD-40.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Therefore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therefore. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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