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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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Adams broke federal and local laws in connection with the case and is thereby continuing to deny his reelection campaign $4 million in public matching funds, according to communications obtained by the Daily News.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
The romantic story suggests Athletic started fielding only Basque players in 1911 after being stripped of that year’s Copa del Rey for using ineligible foreign players, thereby sticking two fingers up to their rivals (Athletic were later reinstated as champions by the Spanish football federation).
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
An iron horse hearkens to the railroad, and what the railroad brought to the West, which was expansion, and thereby Native people were somewhat driven back by the expansion of the railroad in the West.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Thereby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereby. Accessed 12 May. 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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