1
: by that : by that means
thereby lost her chance to win
2
: connected with or with reference to that
… thereby hangs a tale …—
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareExamples of thereby in a Sentence
He signed the contract, thereby forfeiting his right to the property.
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Matt Roller, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
About four-fifths of consumers who used deferred interest paid off the debt by the end of the promotional period, thereby avoiding the interest, according to the federal agency.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
These systems enable the training of massive scientific foundation models and the execution of deeply complex simulations, thereby compressing years of research into days.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
In response to America’s frozen housing market, many commentators have been clamoring for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, thereby reducing financing costs for potential homebuyers to theoretically increase affordability.
—E.j. Antoni, Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Thereby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereby. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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thereby
adverb
there·by
t͟ha(ə)r-ˈbī 
t͟he(ə)r-;
ˈt͟ha(ə)r-ˌbī,
ˈt͟he(ə)r-
1
: by that : by that means
thereby lost her chance to win
2
: connected with or with reference to that
thereby hangs a tale
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