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)
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Moore took some time to figure out her next move and ultimately settled on coaching due to her experience with Campbell and Lopez.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The Assembly of Experts, which gathered to select the next supreme leader, was largely skeptical of selecting Khamenei due to his lack of religious credentials as laid out by the former supreme leader.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Finally, after a 13-year hiatus due to the Libyan civil war, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw returned in 2023 to explore the remains of one of the largest ancient Greek cities in the Cyrenaica region.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
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University of Vermont associate professor and historian Lutz Kaelber estimated that roughly 20,000 people in California deemed undesirable were forcibly sterilized until 1964 due to eugenics policies.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Moore took some time to figure out her next move and ultimately settled on coaching due to her experience with Campbell and Lopez.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The Assembly of Experts, which gathered to select the next supreme leader, was largely skeptical of selecting Khamenei due to his lack of religious credentials as laid out by the former supreme leader.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Finally, after a 13-year hiatus due to the Libyan civil war, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw returned in 2023 to explore the remains of one of the largest ancient Greek cities in the Cyrenaica region.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 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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David's live chat with readers starts at 12 p.m. ET on Monday.—
David Ignatius,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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In interviews with The Star, politicians, consultants and other political experts touted Graves’ ability to use his influence in Washington to bolster Kansas City’s most important projects.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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