as in therefore
for this or that reason
taxes were lowered, and consequently complaints were fewer
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Recent Examples of consequently
In Delray Beach, many people will find their next member of Congress is someone whose district stretches south along the coast to Miami Beach, and who consequently might not be completely attuned to what’s going on in Palm Beach County.
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
Strengthening the Berry Amendment, for one, would create more demand for domestic textiles to clothe military service members, and consequently, American producers could scale their operations.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Areas of the home that need to be functional first don’t have to consequently lose all their aesthetic value.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
Identifying the influencing forces that affect consumer decisions is a key issue in anticipating preferences and consequently programming products and services that comply with earlier choices.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
Strengthening the Berry Amendment, for one, would create more demand for domestic textiles to clothe military service members, and consequently, American producers could scale their operations.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Areas of the home that need to be functional first don’t have to consequently lose all their aesthetic value.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
Identifying the influencing forces that affect consumer decisions is a key issue in anticipating preferences and consequently programming products and services that comply with earlier choices.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consequently
Adverb
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Ethical failure therefore does not originate from malfunction, but from the absence of proportionality between what the system optimizes and what human well-being actually requires.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The mayor’s vulnerability is therefore bigger than one controversy or one bad news cycle.—
Will Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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In doing so dancing, much like writing, becomes an act of generational integration and re-membering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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For rare disease communities, there is no more urgent moment to do so.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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But the musical missed out on a best revival of a musical nomination and a nomination for Michele, who has appeared to be a draw for ticketbuyers thus far.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2026
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“Consequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consequently. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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