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as in therefore
for this or that reason
an endangered orchid species, hence illegal to pick
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Recent Examples of hence
Ahead of each collection, Gassanoff partners with institutions like Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture, or Capital Culture House in Rome, to secure funds in order to spotlight and financially support the artisan communities that produce his pieces, hence the brand name.
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Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
Picked up on a receiver, these waves have a whistlelike tone, hence the name.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
Clearly, the benefits of a high-fiber diet can’t be understated—hence why the fibermaxxing trend is taking off with abandon, with many experts actually rallying behind it (within reason).
—Michele Ross, SELF, 24 Feb. 2026
Credit card interest charges actually compound on a daily basis, hence the reason why even manageable debt loads quickly become difficult, if not impossible, to contend with without assistance.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026
Picked up on a receiver, these waves have a whistlelike tone, hence the name.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
Clearly, the benefits of a high-fiber diet can’t be understated—hence why the fibermaxxing trend is taking off with abandon, with many experts actually rallying behind it (within reason).
—Michele Ross, SELF, 24 Feb. 2026
Credit card interest charges actually compound on a daily basis, hence the reason why even manageable debt loads quickly become difficult, if not impossible, to contend with without assistance.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hence
Adverb
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His lawyers also claimed the federal judge overseeing the case was too harsh in sentencing Combs and therefore violated his constitutional rights.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
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Many credit unions were originally focused on a single community, and therefore dependent on its economic fate.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The 53-year-old Japanese designer, who founded cult label Number (N)ine in 1997, is relaunching the brand 15 years after stepping away from it.—
Ashley Ogawa Clarke,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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Around 5000 light-years away, the faint nebula PMR 1 hides a star whose fate is not yet known.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Everything is so expensive most people cannot afford to stock up.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Maybe the dress on her seems so effortless that people want to invent a way to complicate it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Up and down, way up and way down, gains and losses--all depending on what the president said in the last hour.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Every trip down and back left his lungs howling.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The hitch is the beach, which is used primarily by local fishermen and thus can be pungent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Biafra was also forced to turn over the rights to most of Dead Kennedys’ back catalogue, thus allowing the remaining members to reissue their past albums, including their debut, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, in 2022.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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There’s a ladies’ and a gentlemen’s flanking the stairwell on this upper entry level, each outfitted with a cold plunge, sauna, steam room, and showers inside and out.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Your brunch network will ask for this for every meet-up from here on out.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Top goalscorer Kylian Mbappe has been experiencing knee pain since December, consequently missing several matches.—
Nnamdi Onyeagwara,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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The company’s collapse left Pacific Coast Producers, a cooperative of growers, as the lone processor of peaches, and consequently, the only prospective buyer for nearly 75,000 tons of peaches otherwise grown for Del Monte.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Shares are still off 28% from the November high.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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On sale for 31 percent off, these buttery-soft Steve Madden flats are an affordable way to copy the look.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Hence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hence. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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