How to Use thereby in a Sentence

thereby

adverb

• He signed the contract, thereby forfeiting his right to the property.
• And then think of all the little things, from snacks to day packs, that make your life as Dad less stressful and thereby your kids’ lives much more fun.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
• The nuns use it to banish Valak back to hell, thereby freeing Maurice from her clutches and saving the day.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
• The shape of this silky mask stays off your eyelids, thereby relieving pressure for the wearer.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• The goal was for everyone to unite around the same standard and thereby promote the spread of charging stations across the United States and elsewhere.
  — Behnam Tabrizi, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• This will limit the maximum charge to 85 percent, thereby extending the life of your phone.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
• Foreign automakers have argued in the past that their workers earn about the same as UAW members, thereby negating the need for a union.
  — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• In the case of these styling systems, a spinning vortex of air wraps around the barrel, attracting hair and thereby curling along the same airflow.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• If the Fed decides to cut this rate, banks will have more of an incentive to lend or invest these idle reserves, thereby adding to the M2 money supply.
  — WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• The helical grooves of the Sequel tampon make the liquid flow path longer, thereby reducing the risk of leakage, the company’s co-founders say.
  — Katie Deighton, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2023
• Just a few months after the '80s hit premiered, Keaton starred in the film Clean and Sober, thereby officially sinking his hook into the worlds of comedy and drama by the end of the decade.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• Jünger’s inability to support their cause, and thereby live up to his own legend, troubled him for the remainder of his life.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• But the changes have made Arizona tougher and more athletic, thereby boosting the playmaking options.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• The goal is to infer which decks are more advantageous than the others and thereby maximize winnings.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
• In the decades that followed, the conference continued to grow in both prominence and size, thereby requiring further name changes.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Giuliano recommends two to five days, noting that over time the brew will start to oxidize, thereby altering the profile of the coffee.
  — Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2023
• His stovetop waffle iron was designed to be turned easily, thereby reducing the risk of burns.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• Google is right that to continue innovating in the space, Fitbit (and thereby Google) needs a strong, loyal user base to pull data from.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 14 Mar. 2023
• In addition, next year, EVs’ tax credits will be counted at the time of sale, thereby reducing the price and easing monthly payments.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
• In that scenario, the 12 Mountain West schools could vote to dissolve their league, thereby eliminating departure penalties, and join the Pac-12 en masse.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Supreme Court issued an order in April that the lower court’s rulings on the drug will not take effect until the justices can review them, thereby preserving the status quo.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Palestinian people will thereby learn a lesson that the way of Hamas brings misery and destruction, not freedom and redemption.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• The chip shortage has eased, and new-car production has rebounded, thereby reducing demand for used cars and trucks.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
• Oceanco enlisted the world’s leading yacht designers to put their unique spin on the model, thereby giving owners access to a wider range of styles.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
• The Fed also hopes that more Americans will start looking for work, thereby adding to the supply of labor and reducing pressure on employers to raise wages.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• One is that steady hiring and brisk consumer spending can lead companies to raise prices and thereby worsen inflation.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
• This can allow the glaciers behind them to flow more rapidly into the ocean, thereby accelerating sea level rise.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
• The worm was praised—loved, even—until 1992, when a NASA administrator suddenly revived the meatball, thereby ditching the worm.
  — Robert Sullivan, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• Corruption pertaining chiefly to China—taking bribes mostly to get filthy rich, but in part to conceal the regime’s true face, thereby gussying up China’s image in the West.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 July 2023
• Other artists attempt not to break through the noise, but to capture and contain its discord and perhaps, thereby, to neutralize some of its corrosive power.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024