as in therefore
for this or that reason
taxes were lowered, and consequently complaints were fewer
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Recent Examples of consequently
Minerva Parker was consequently raised alongside her sister and cousins by her mother, aunt, and maternal grandfather.
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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
Here, portrayed by a wonderfully demented Nicholas Hoult, Luthor contains unmistakable echoes of figures like Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, men whose bearing or mien don’t quite sit within the same reality as the rest of us and are consequently bent on bending that reality to their image.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Facial recognition software, commonly used in predictive policing and national security, has exhibited biases against people of color and consequently is often considered a threat to civil liberties.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2025
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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
Here, portrayed by a wonderfully demented Nicholas Hoult, Luthor contains unmistakable echoes of figures like Mark Zuckerberg or Jeff Bezos, men whose bearing or mien don’t quite sit within the same reality as the rest of us and are consequently bent on bending that reality to their image.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Facial recognition software, commonly used in predictive policing and national security, has exhibited biases against people of color and consequently is often considered a threat to civil liberties.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consequently
Adverb
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Judge Timothy Mazzei ruled that the new testing is accepted by the scientific community and therefore valid as evidence.—
Michael Ruiz , Jennifer Johnson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Brandon explained that the reason for the tight timing was that Disney insisted on sticking to the movie's December 2019 release date rather than delaying it which would have increased the post-production time and therefore the cost.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Miami’s play was so decisively putrid that the 33-8 loss to the Colts seemed almost a blessing because the game felt so much more lopsided than that.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The series has so far been responsible for 51 seasons during its nearly two-decade run.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Pulte’s most consequential allegations thus far were made against Cook, a Federal Reserve governor.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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Many players didn’t grow up watching the Border War, and thus there wasn’t the same collective understanding of the rivalry’s importance.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Consequently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consequently. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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