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)
Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
But over the years, the promises of H-2A — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
The call stood and the Giants maintained their 1-0 lead, but Smith’s night was over due to a right thigh injury.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Inflation ticked up again, partly due to the new tariffs imposed.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
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The case docket has heated up this year due to the mess surrounding former Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor, who was fired earlier this year due primarily to unprofessional behavior in the Karen Read murder case — a charge a jury acquitted her of in a trial earlier this year.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
But over the years, the promises of H-2A — such as humane working conditions, free housing and far better wages than back home — have been undermined by the relative ease of exploiting workers due to scant oversight of the program.
—ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
The call stood and the Giants maintained their 1-0 lead, but Smith’s night was over due to a right thigh injury.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Inflation ticked up again, partly due to the new tariffs imposed.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 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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Not affiliated with any State Lottery.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Crucially, the McG cycle links with the Calvin cycle, allowing the two systems to balance out excess molecules.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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