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as in therefore
for this or that reason
an endangered orchid species, hence illegal to pick
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Recent Examples of hence
West Virginia Rollin' Smoke started out as a food truck — hence the name.
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Loop diuretics work in a part of the kidneys called the loop of Henle, hence their name.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
The thermal camera has lower resolution, hence shorter range (2.7 miles).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But this didn’t shake his confidence, hence his demanding the ball late.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Loop diuretics work in a part of the kidneys called the loop of Henle, hence their name.
—Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 28 Mar. 2025
The thermal camera has lower resolution, hence shorter range (2.7 miles).
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But this didn’t shake his confidence, hence his demanding the ball late.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hence
Adverb
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Ultimately, the court decided that given the circumstances, and if the Frenches were flying there to personally manage their condo, the expense was reasonable and therefore, tax deductible.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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The nitrogen fixed by legumes is not readily available until the bean or pea crop dies and therefore benefits the crop planted after beans or peas.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Four 660-pound M30 rockets, each packing 180,000 tungsten fragments, rained down from as far away as 57 miles.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The clip ends with Krypto crying as Superman walks away from him, disappointed in the pup for tearing up his compound (this earned awws from the audience).—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Shoulder pads are in for fall 2025 and so are other details that read unabashedly, authentically bold instead of being chained to the incessant trend cycle.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, carjacking rates within Washington were so high, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) devised an undercover operation to take down an 18-year-old repeat offender who was allegedly working with other teenagers.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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With few options left, Adam begins considering and concocting ways to enact vengeance, but Basem, having been down that rageful path, advises him otherwise.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Mariah and Thug celebrated their three-year anniversary last October, but she was denied visitation entry at the time because Fulton County’s visitation system was down.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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To recap 2025 thus far: Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 opened to a poor $43 million at the global box office on a $118 million budget.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Colossal team thus engineered two other genes that shut down black and red pigmentation, leading to the dire wolf’s characteristic light color without causing any harm in the edited gray wolf genome.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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According to financial sources: Skims, which had been out looking to top off its latest fundraising round ahead of a potential initial public offering in the second half, hit pause on the fundraising.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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His third shot on the par-4 fifth was 152 yards out.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The tariffs were more severe than investors were anticipating — and stocks are consequently getting crushed.—
Nathan Bomey,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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The most effective solutions, Watkins said, are physical changes, including solid vertical barriers, that make speeding, and consequently hitting pedestrian and cyclists, much harder for drivers.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Oreo: get 50% off personalized cookies The cookie brand skipped the pranks and decided to give customers 50% off on personalized OreoID cookies ordered Tuesday from the Oreo website.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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There were a lot of transportation logistics, but then Bing and Bev and Bill were going off, and Naomi was being taken home.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Hence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hence. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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