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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In an effort to turn a quick profit, some studios will underspend in a film’s campaign, or flat out fail in reaching an audience, thus sending a film into homes at a rapid rate.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
The waltz becomes, thus, a nice, elegant, sensual, romantic, harmless way to welcome in a new year, to attempt, or at least pretend, to be optimistic.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Washington’s alliance commitment thus exposes the U.S. homeland to nuclear retaliation.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Convincing Russia to engage in arms control talks around nuclear anti-satellite weapons thus depends fundamentally on the U.S.’s ability to meaningfully raise the stakes for Russia in the same way that Russia has raised them for the United States.
—Luke Widenhouse, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
The waltz becomes, thus, a nice, elegant, sensual, romantic, harmless way to welcome in a new year, to attempt, or at least pretend, to be optimistic.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Washington’s alliance commitment thus exposes the U.S. homeland to nuclear retaliation.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
Convincing Russia to engage in arms control talks around nuclear anti-satellite weapons thus depends fundamentally on the U.S.’s ability to meaningfully raise the stakes for Russia in the same way that Russia has raised them for the United States.
—Luke Widenhouse, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2024
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Why, therefore, are they getting involved with non-sporting matters?Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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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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Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper did so in 2008 when opposition parties sought to form a coalition government.Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
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This thought experiment can't be replicated in the real world, since plastic pollution is so ubiquitous.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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By becoming more of a threat from downtown, defenders are consequently forced to apply more pressure on Ivey at the 3-point line.Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Public health officials can detect the presence of pathogens shed by all individuals through wastewater testing, including those who are asymptomatic and consequently not seeking treatment.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Thus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thus. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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