1
: of that or it
2
: from that cause or particular : therefrom
Examples of thereof in a Sentence
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Kebabs can be made from many kinds of meat, seafood, fish, poultry or vegetables, or a combination thereof.
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Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
Others were kooks, and some were dangerous scoundrels—or some combination thereof.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
Utility patents cover new and useful processes, machines, compositions of matter, or improvements thereof.
—Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
Utility patents typically cover new and useful processes, machines, compositions of matter, or improvements thereof.
—Jon Stojan, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
In his speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress last week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog invoked the word democracy, or a variation thereof, at least 17 times in praise of his country’s political system.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
History—or interpretations thereof—is regularly in the headlines.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
Steve Lohr of The New York Times just published a piece on whether AI is ready to invent new things, with all the legal implications thereof.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 16 July 2023
The duly playful, freeform result occasionally skirts preciousness but is mostly rather affecting, bound by a palpable sense of female friendship and a perceptive interest in the dynamics thereof.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 July 2023
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Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
Others were kooks, and some were dangerous scoundrels—or some combination thereof.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
Utility patents cover new and useful processes, machines, compositions of matter, or improvements thereof.
—Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
Utility patents typically cover new and useful processes, machines, compositions of matter, or improvements thereof.
—Jon Stojan, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2023
In his speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress last week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog invoked the word democracy, or a variation thereof, at least 17 times in praise of his country’s political system.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
History—or interpretations thereof—is regularly in the headlines.
—Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
Steve Lohr of The New York Times just published a piece on whether AI is ready to invent new things, with all the legal implications thereof.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 16 July 2023
The duly playful, freeform result occasionally skirts preciousness but is mostly rather affecting, bound by a palpable sense of female friendship and a perceptive interest in the dynamics thereof.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of thereof was
before the 12th century
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“Thereof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thereof. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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