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)
Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Co-headliner Bob Dylan’s set at the Gorge in Washington state had to end prematurely due to inordinately heavy winds.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Fighter jets have long struggled to integrate AI into radar systems due to limited space, power, and processing capacity.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Colorado is also considering cuts due to cost overruns.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of the first set and beginning of the second, Anisimova appeared distracted by the lights and the roof, which were closed due to heavy rain in New York.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Co-headliner Bob Dylan’s set at the Gorge in Washington state had to end prematurely due to inordinately heavy winds.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Fighter jets have long struggled to integrate AI into radar systems due to limited space, power, and processing capacity.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Colorado is also considering cuts due to cost overruns.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
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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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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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