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 Including the five Christmas games that were simulcast by cable sibling ESPN, big-reach ABC thus far has played a part in 13 of the NBA’s 20 biggest draws in 2024-25. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2025 No ingredients list — and, thus, no listing of possible allergens for folks with a food allergy — was available for pan de bono, guava pastelitos and other bakery items in the hot case. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025 The marvellous, transforming Aska A5 has driven on the street and taken off, but not in the same video clip, and its flight tests thus far have been on safety tethers. New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025 The scores thus present Lakȟóta geometric designs as a legible visual language with room in its meaning for variable reinterpretation, like musical notation. Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thus
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    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The business elites vying to get into the Trump 2.0 court should therefore think twice.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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  • The reactions seem split between those annoyed by this change and those annoyed that everyone else is so annoyed.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In an interview, Edrington said the group was wrong to cave in to the administration so quickly.
    Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025
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  • But his role at DOGE represents the biggest reputational and, consequently, financial gamble of his career.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • According to Aviation Experts With all these new owners (and consequently new guests), there are many newcomers in the skies.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025

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