as in therefore
for this or that reason
she didn't get into the college of her choice and thereupon decided to study for a year before retaking the college entrance exams
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Recent Examples of thereupon
And thereupon, they would be incentivized to compete for rewards.
—
WIRED, 6 July 2023
He was also informed that Attorney Brown arrived there from his 108 mile ride from San Bernardino yesterday afternoon and that thereupon a council was held between the Indians and the representatives of the government.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
The Energy Department thereupon helped get the demonstration transferred to Mississippi.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2013
Toney was thereupon tied to a tree and whipped.
—Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 June 2021
And thereupon, the coalition says .
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
Here’s a quick look at five possible conclusions that might be just a tad premature, with arguments and counterpoints thereupon.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
If the grave of a hero is customarily a place of serene contemplation, this one is so disturbing that people run from it in fear—and thereupon hangs the tale of Easter.
—Robert Barron, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
Angela Merkel thereupon kicked off a world-wide retreat from nuclear power that likely put paid to any hope of meeting the greenhouse targets named in the Paris accord.
—WSJ, 19 Feb. 2021
WIRED, 6 July 2023
He was also informed that Attorney Brown arrived there from his 108 mile ride from San Bernardino yesterday afternoon and that thereupon a council was held between the Indians and the representatives of the government.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
The Energy Department thereupon helped get the demonstration transferred to Mississippi.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2013
Toney was thereupon tied to a tree and whipped.
—Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 June 2021
And thereupon, the coalition says .
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
Here’s a quick look at five possible conclusions that might be just a tad premature, with arguments and counterpoints thereupon.
—Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
If the grave of a hero is customarily a place of serene contemplation, this one is so disturbing that people run from it in fear—and thereupon hangs the tale of Easter.
—Robert Barron, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2021
Angela Merkel thereupon kicked off a world-wide retreat from nuclear power that likely put paid to any hope of meeting the greenhouse targets named in the Paris accord.
—WSJ, 19 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thereupon
Adverb
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The solution is therefore to find ways to make Trump pay a meaningful price for violating the law.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
28 Apr. 2025
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Nearly the entire musical, which is now being revived at Lincoln Center, therefore unfolds with our hero stuck fast inside one of the earth’s narrow pockets, his dwindling awareness reaching out toward the glittering, subterranean volumes all around him.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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What are the most important experiences in your life so far?—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
23 Apr. 2025
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In doing so, they were buffered by other Spanish thinkers who took issue with las Casas’s arguments, primarily Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Some of this work thus possessed religious potency akin to dos Santos’s power figure in the entrance of the exhibit, protected as sacred knowledge by generations of enslaved Africans taken to South America.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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And the nature of the story lends itself to being told in this format, with two episodes apiece for each calendar season, and thus each trip the group takes together.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2025
Adverb
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Even studies sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry are being affected: many rely partially on federal funding, or are run by staff who do, and who have consequently been laid off.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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When implemented, these digital cash payments via e-wallets eliminate the need for cash conversion and, consequently, the payment of any fees.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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His teammates, namely veteran center DeAndre Jordan, began nodding accordingly.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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While playing, the tech underneath is constantly at work, with characters picking up cues and reacting accordingly in real time based on the player’s choices.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Thereupon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereupon. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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