as in resultant
coming as a result
success that is due to hard work
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as in with
as the result of
evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow
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Recent Examples of due (to)
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
For the United States, due to its proximity to Russia and Iran ties it directly to long-term geopolitical competition and the future architecture of Eurasian connectivity.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
One of only two countries in the Caribbean to qualify, along with Curacao, Haiti did so by never having played a game on its home turf due to armed gangs’ take over of its stadium and control of most of Port-au-Prince.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
In 2024, a video of Valli performing went viral due to the then-90-year-old musician seeming very spaced out.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2026
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Warehouses and postal centers operate around the clock, labor shortages remain a challenge in many regions, and parcel volumes continue to surge due to e-commerce growth.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
For the United States, due to its proximity to Russia and Iran ties it directly to long-term geopolitical competition and the future architecture of Eurasian connectivity.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
One of only two countries in the Caribbean to qualify, along with Curacao, Haiti did so by never having played a game on its home turf due to armed gangs’ take over of its stadium and control of most of Port-au-Prince.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
In 2024, a video of Valli performing went viral due to the then-90-year-old musician seeming very spaced out.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2026
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This pace of growth means that every new generation of AI comes with an order-of-magnitude increase in energy, water demand and the resultant CO2 impact.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
28 Aug. 2025
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Now, Schwartz is opening up about the split with the Browns.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Ginsberg first read the titular entry in Howl and Other Poems at San Francisco’s Six Gallery in 1955, and the work anthologized a year later by fellow poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti as the fourth entry in the City Lights Bookstore imprint with its distinctive slender binding and black-and-white cover.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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