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)
Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
The design doesn't feel busy due to the minimal color palette.
—Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
Sixteen stadiums across three countries, including seven games at Hard Rock Stadium — er, Miami Stadium, as it’s being called for the tournament, due to the rules against sponsorship unless the ruling soccer federation FIFA gets the money.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Reports have revealed that the Mechanical Proximity Fuze is noteworthy due to its emphasis on affordability, simplicity, and mass production.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026
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These goods and services are getting more expensive due to spillover from massive tech company investments in artificial intelligence.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 6 June 2026
The design doesn't feel busy due to the minimal color palette.
—Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
Sixteen stadiums across three countries, including seven games at Hard Rock Stadium — er, Miami Stadium, as it’s being called for the tournament, due to the rules against sponsorship unless the ruling soccer federation FIFA gets the money.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Reports have revealed that the Mechanical Proximity Fuze is noteworthy due to its emphasis on affordability, simplicity, and mass production.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 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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The funding will also help pay for the replacement of a large drainage culvert near Sierra College Boulevard on English Colony Way at Clover Valley Creek, along with the construction of a new bridge and roadway improvements on Garden Bar Road at Doty Ravine.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Sowah, along with her husband Joshua Sowah, made a YouTube channel earlier this season documenting their time trying different restaurants across the Bay Area.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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