due (to) 1 of 2

as in resultant
coming as a result success that is due to hard work

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due to

2 of 2

preposition

as in with
as the result of evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow

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The one area where the Starlink Mini mostly matches its larger counterpart is in latency, likely due to the fact that SpaceX has been hard at work reducing the latency of the entire satellite and ground-station network. PCMAG, 23 Mar. 2025 By this point, Natalia's story had exploded due to Investigation Discovery's The Curious Case of Natalia Grace documentary, which also aired on Max. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity due to fear of retribution. Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025 Some past efforts by states to purge noncitizens from voting rolls, however, have ensnared eligible U.S. citizens due to data inaccuracies. Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for due (to)

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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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