as in because
for the reason that
the bill should be listed as paid, for I mailed it in on time
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Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Once holding the best record in baseball at 45-24, New York finished the season 83-79 and lost the tiebreaker with the Cincinnati Reds for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
There are two Paramount+ subscriptions available for purchase.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Eden, for her part, continued to star in several movies throughout the 1960s, including Swingin' Along, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Brass Bottle.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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What is the lesson of Swiss Fortune 500 companies for the rest of Europe, and the world?
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Once holding the best record in baseball at 45-24, New York finished the season 83-79 and lost the tiebreaker with the Cincinnati Reds for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
There are two Paramount+ subscriptions available for purchase.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Eden, for her part, continued to star in several movies throughout the 1960s, including Swingin' Along, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Brass Bottle.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
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The backstory: Since bringing in longtime pro Wayne Ferreira as coach and taking his game more seriously, Tiafoe has really transformed his career over the last couple years.—
Dan Wolken,
USA TODAY,
19 Jan. 2023
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That matched the second-highest finish by a Sun Devil, the other coming from current PGA pro Jon Rahm in 2016.—
Michelle Gardner,
The Arizona Republic,
27 May 2021
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“For.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/for. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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