Definition of thereforenext
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 Hansen reportedly refused to sign and therefore wasn’t allowed to screen the film. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026 Taiwan’s destroyers and frigates, many of which are based on 50-year-old American designs, are well understood and therefore institutionally safe choices. Holmes Liao, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026 The peek inside the journey, therefore, comes from those who witnessed it — and from the man who lived it every day. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 The industry is therefore beginning to move from a system of record toward a system of execution. Avik Pal, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for therefore
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Adverb
  • Not since early Vanderpump Rules have we been so blessed by morally bankrupt individuals being so willing to televise their cheating (key word being willing).
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Indeed, scientists believe that, regardless of whether 2026 breaks the record for hottest year ever, 2027 almost certainly will do so because of the El Niño conditions.
    Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Asian families are used to dealing with ministries through their businesses, and thus see few qualms in doing so again through their charities.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Rothfeld is right that Cusk’s project of dismantling personhood can leave us with a void that is actually personhood radicalized, and thus anything but insightful or liberating.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • American anti-immigrant politics consequently differs from the European version, remaining more closely bound to the Monroe Doctrine and its vision of hemispheric control.
    Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The Raiders have consequently kept things close to the line of scrimmage with Cousins on the field.
    Sam Warren, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The food South African chef Celeste Kotze was at Mala Mala game reserve in South Africa, hence the range of southern African favourites – butternut salads, milk tarts, Bailey’s ice-cream – alongside multinational treats.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Jayhawkers were considered thieves, marauders & guerrillas (hence why yours were in jail) know for atrocities such as the Sacking of Osceola.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Therefore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therefore. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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