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Definition of due (to)next
as in resultant
coming as a result success that is due to hard work

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preposition

as in with
as the result of evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow

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More than 22,000 Long Beach residents were temporarily without power Sunday night due to a Southern California Edison outage, all in the midst of a sweltering wave of heat. Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah, who might end up starting in Week One due to Ashton Gillotte’s foot injury, had a sack with just more than two minutes left in the first quarter. Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Fire evacuation warning zones had reached within 1,000 feet of University of Nevada, Reno campus, where 24,000 students are due to begin fall classes on Monday. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 England’s players, 1-0 up in the series, are due to meet up at Lord’s on Monday night ahead of preparations for Thursday’s Test. Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for due (to)
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  • Both aircraft were destroyed in the resultant crash with fire causing the death of four crew members on both planes.
    Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • The resultant work will ultimately be publicly presented, and as part of the residency’s stipulations, Rowe will retain intellectual property rights to and ownership of it.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 May 2026
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  • Gucci on Tuesday will unveil a campaign conceived by artistic director Demna — his first communicating his debut collection for the Italian house, which was presented with a runway show in Milan in February.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In addition, its modular, which means that single reactor can be combined into arrays of hundreds of units, with five-year refueling cycles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026

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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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