as in therefore
for this or that reason
taxes were lowered, and consequently complaints were fewer
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Recent Examples of consequently
Best Time to Visit January to March offer the best skiing and, consequently, the most crowds.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2026
The challenge is that NFG options trade very infrequently, and the bid/ask spread is consequently quite wide, so to sell calls an investor needs to have a sense of what the price should be.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
The Seahawks consequently ran for 180 yards on 39 carries.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Sutherland also made criminal threats toward the victim and was consequently arrested.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2026
The challenge is that NFG options trade very infrequently, and the bid/ask spread is consequently quite wide, so to sell calls an investor needs to have a sense of what the price should be.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
The Seahawks consequently ran for 180 yards on 39 carries.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
Sutherland also made criminal threats toward the victim and was consequently arrested.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 Jan. 2026
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Dairy Dairy, such as cheese, milk, and eggs, does not contain connective tissue and, therefore, has no collagen.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
11 Feb. 2026
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Ferns will require moist soil to thrive and therefore will not do well in a terra-cotta pot, Madeline Hooper, creator, executive producer, and host of GardenFit Productions, LLC, explains.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
11 Feb. 2026
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Vrabel was also able to see a perfect 9-0 record on the road, including the playoffs, becoming the first NFL team in history to do so.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Our practices may change from time to time, so please check back here periodically to review our latest policy.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Feb. 2026
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An assistant under Bradley and Cherundolo, Dos Santos’ first-choice tactics will be to possess the ball, counterpress and defend as far as possible from the LAFC goal, thus dominating games while attacking more through the inside with a 4-2-3-1 formation.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Numerous Indian army camps thus dot these mountains, where slogans of guns and glory are scrawled on their walls.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Consequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consequently. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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