as in so
for this or that reason
it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home
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This type of material is also known to quickly dry off, therefore limiting the amount of bacteria that can grow on it.
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Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Wet snow occurs when air temperatures near the surface are above freezing, which cause snowflakes to melt and therefore stick to most outdoor surfaces.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
The very purpose of Europe’s premier institution, the E.U., is to deepen and expand democracy—and therefore to defend it, too.
—Paul Hockenos, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The victim of the attack was also a private citizen walking around in Manhattan and therefore clearly a non-combatant target.
—Max Abrahms and Joseph Mroszczyk, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
Wet snow occurs when air temperatures near the surface are above freezing, which cause snowflakes to melt and therefore stick to most outdoor surfaces.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
The very purpose of Europe’s premier institution, the E.U., is to deepen and expand democracy—and therefore to defend it, too.
—Paul Hockenos, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
The victim of the attack was also a private citizen walking around in Manhattan and therefore clearly a non-combatant target.
—Max Abrahms and Joseph Mroszczyk, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Trendy purses, jeans, and dresses are also chef’s kiss, according to Brittany Mahomes, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling, so keep scrolling to score styles from $17 now.Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Lynch’s canon was so tremendous that each of his many fans and acolytes likely had different entry points into it.David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
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More than 40,000 acres of Southern California has burned thus far.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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The short answer is that water molecules absorb much more red light than blue light, owing to the different vibrations of hydrogen and oxygen ions, and thus the water in your pool appears blue.John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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And consequently, many parents have also been faced with an unprecedented task this week: how to explain this tragedy to our children.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
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As people live longer, public pension systems are getting strained, and consequently, the retirement burden is slowly shifting from the state to the individual.Tanmay Gupta, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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If things go wrong the legal implications can be grotesque, hence the view expressed above about the warping qualities of government spending.John Tamny, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Its striking foliage has holes and slits in it, sort of like slices of Swiss cheese does, hence the plant’s nickname.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Therefore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therefore. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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