as in therefore
for this or that reason
taxes were lowered, and consequently complaints were fewer
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Recent Examples of consequently
Hendrix consequently hopes that Congress will add language explicitly funding RPS in its final budget.
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Hannah Richter, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025
Tielemans, consequently, began drifting to the left last season, offering a passing lane away from such defensive blocks and progressing the ball upfield in a different way.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
Minerva Parker was consequently raised alongside her sister and cousins by her mother, aunt, and maternal grandfather.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2025
In classical physics, locations, speeds and other properties of objects had always been free to take on any value, and consequently, changes always took place in a smooth, continuous way.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Richter, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2025
Tielemans, consequently, began drifting to the left last season, offering a passing lane away from such defensive blocks and progressing the ball upfield in a different way.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
Minerva Parker was consequently raised alongside her sister and cousins by her mother, aunt, and maternal grandfather.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2025
In classical physics, locations, speeds and other properties of objects had always been free to take on any value, and consequently, changes always took place in a smooth, continuous way.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consequently
Adverb
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The legislation would, therefore, reserve authority over cannabis rescheduling exclusively for Congress.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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And some long-time critics of the current AI landscape, such as Gary Marcus, disagree with Dalio entirely, arguing that the bubble is due to pop because the AI technology currently on the market is too error-prone to be relied upon, and therefore can’t be scaled away.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That means no more security updates, patches, or tech support, so now’s the time to upgrade.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
14 Sep. 2025
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Through it, the Levetts have become so recognizable that fellow Universal fans will stop them in the parks to ask for selfies.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Effectively, this turned the workspace into a yank buffer along with all your documents, and undoing any destructive editing operation thus became merely another cut and paste.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Heck, even the unassuming Reid acknowledges how remarkable, and thus improbable, it’s been.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Consequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consequently. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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