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
Agnes’ adoptive father, Commander Kyle MacKenzie (Nate Corddry), adores her, while her new stepmother, Paula (Amy Seimetz), is rather cold to her and is working toward the day Agnes is married and, thus, out of her house.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
Little Big Town have won eight ACM Awards thus far, while Lambert has won more ACM Awards than anyone else.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Mamdani has thus far shown no inclination to act differently.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent attempts to reform PAGA have thus far fallen short.
—Tom Manzo, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
Little Big Town have won eight ACM Awards thus far, while Lambert has won more ACM Awards than anyone else.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Mamdani has thus far shown no inclination to act differently.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent attempts to reform PAGA have thus far fallen short.
—Tom Manzo, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
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Adverb
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Credit, therefore, for how Wrexham responded, belatedly bringing a sense of urgency to their play and halving the deficit through Windass’ composed 34th-minute finish.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Alternatively, the left-handed neutrinos could turn out to be slightly ambidextrous and therefore capable of giving themselves mass.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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On the ninety-first day of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, a group of five truly young New Yorkers convened in a physics classroom at the Bronx High School of Science—Mamdani’s alma mater—to discuss his time in office so far.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Lane, though, not only captures Willy’s ordinariness and his ubiquity, which is no small achievement for so famous an actor, but also his optimism, his foundational, near-Trumpian belief in a coming Very Big Deal for either him or his sons.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This negativism and teen-like outbursts consequently discredit and tarnish the reputation of our country.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
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That consequently influences much of the rest of the curriculum.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Thus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thus. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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