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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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Tickets here The snowstorm that hit the state Saturday prevented thousands of fans from making the trip to Northwest Arkansas, but the game was listed as a sellout at Walton Arena due to ticket sales, even if they weren't all used. Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026 However, construction was canceled after one month due to the end of the war. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Jan. 2026 More than 90 companies in the S & P 500 are due to post results, including Apple, Caterpillar and Microsoft. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026 The San Diego region has long been known as a hotspot, partly due to its proximity to the border. Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for due (to)
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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
  • 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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  • Washington — Federal Reserve officials convene this week at a pivotal moment in the US central bank’s 112-year history, with a series of historic events putting a spotlight on their ability to set interest rates without political interference.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
  • True autonomy demands a fundamentally different approach — a unified system that perceives, decides, and acts with the entire body at once.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026

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

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