as in so
for this or that reason it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home

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Recent Examples of therefore The business elites vying to get into the Trump 2.0 court should therefore think twice. Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025 Maria Nila Head & Hair Heal Soothing Serum $30 Nordstrom $30 Amazon Hussein applying the Maria Nila Head & Hair Heal Soothing Serum Jennifer Hussein Just like my hair, my scalp is dry and, therefore, frequently flaky. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Mar. 2025 Thus, even Irish farmers who held ten or more acres and who would therefore have been regarded as well off, ate meat only at Christmas. Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 Even without the lights, which exceeded the $800 exemption and therefore are subject to tariffs, the show debuted its preview performance in New York over the weekend. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for therefore
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  • The reactions seem split between those annoyed by this change and those annoyed that everyone else is so annoyed.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In California, local Women’s Marches were so popular that one in 45 people attended one.
    Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Thursday featured more time on the main track, including race restarts that provided the closest thing to legit wheel-to-wheel of my life thus far.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Gastineau is a member of the Jets Ring of Honor, but thus far has been failed to win entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • But his role at DOGE represents the biggest reputational and, consequently, financial gamble of his career.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • According to Aviation Experts With all these new owners (and consequently new guests), there are many newcomers in the skies.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Beccari explained that the brand’s initials LV, viewed as Roman numerals, represent 55 — hence the number of lipstick shades at launch.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
  • These performances about social dynamics have earned her widespread acclaim—DOOM is her first in New York in a decade, hence all the excitement leading up to it—and widespread debate, with her detractors claiming that all these things make her work fascist.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Mar. 2025

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