as in therefore
for this or that reason
we didn't have room for all seven of us in my car and thus took two cars to go to the movies
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Recent Examples of thus
Each one is about the size of a tennis ball, yellow in color with splashes of red, and covered in wart-like bumps, thus the name.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
Because the high- and low-pressure rotors spin in opposite ways, the engine maintains relative speed and reduces absolute rotational speed, thus lowering centrifugal forces on blades and discs.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The other telephonists were game, and thus Godard was able to draw a full wage while only working ten days out of the month, spending the other twenty days in Lausanne or Geneva.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Like in the stock market, a trader can buy and sell contracts over time, as odds – and thus prices – fluctuate.
—Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
Because the high- and low-pressure rotors spin in opposite ways, the engine maintains relative speed and reduces absolute rotational speed, thus lowering centrifugal forces on blades and discs.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The other telephonists were game, and thus Godard was able to draw a full wage while only working ten days out of the month, spending the other twenty days in Lausanne or Geneva.
—Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Like in the stock market, a trader can buy and sell contracts over time, as odds – and thus prices – fluctuate.
—Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thus
Adverb
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Insurance bad faith claims can stem from different factors, including when an insurance company refuses to settle a claim within policy limits and therefore risks exposing its client to a larger liability at trial.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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But no such process exists, and therefore those things did not happen.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But so far, the engagement and transparency process hasn’t gone well.—
Desiree Mathurin
March 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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Democrats are pushing for additional restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which Thune and Republicans have rejected so far.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Politics consequently occupies much of the space for leftists that is usually taken up by family, religion, career and community for conservatives.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.—
Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Thus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thus. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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