as in so
for this or that reason
it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home
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Recent Examples of therefore
Other top-tier schools will therefore be watching to see how Vanderbilt’s expansion plays out, and some may follow suit.
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Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Russia was considered to have violated the Olympic truce by invading between the main games and the Paralympics and was therefore banned, with a later allowance permitting some athletes to compete under a neutral flag.
—Sean Strockyj, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
There is a sense that the filmmaker is deliberately slowing down the central character’s experience of the present and therefore that of the audience.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
Wallace has fronted the hugely successful YA Culpables franchise for Amazon and could therefore bring a hefty teen audience to The House of the Spirits.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
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Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Russia was considered to have violated the Olympic truce by invading between the main games and the Paralympics and was therefore banned, with a later allowance permitting some athletes to compete under a neutral flag.
—Sean Strockyj, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
There is a sense that the filmmaker is deliberately slowing down the central character’s experience of the present and therefore that of the audience.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2026
Wallace has fronted the hugely successful YA Culpables franchise for Amazon and could therefore bring a hefty teen audience to The House of the Spirits.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for therefore
Adverb
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Vrabel was also able to see a perfect 9-0 record on the road, including the playoffs, becoming the first NFL team in history to do so.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Our practices may change from time to time, so please check back here periodically to review our latest policy.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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An assistant under Bradley and Cherundolo, Dos Santos’ first-choice tactics will be to possess the ball, counterpress and defend as far as possible from the LAFC goal, thus dominating games while attacking more through the inside with a 4-2-3-1 formation.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Numerous Indian army camps thus dot these mountains, where slogans of guns and glory are scrawled on their walls.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Russian forces have consequently lost command-and-control capabilities and navigation for drones, and assaults have stopped in many sectors, according to Fedorov's adviser Serhii Beskrestnov.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The costs of local TV ads fluctuate, depending on factors like market size, the time slot of the advertisement, and the program’s viewership; consequently, businesses must meticulously define their target demographics to optimize their advertising investments.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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About 100 million degrees Celsius is considered the minimum threshold for sustained commercial fusion power, hence the enthusiasm over the new milestone.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Non-falsifiable and untestable hypotheses cannot be checked out, and hence those ideas are incapable of disproof.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Therefore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therefore. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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