what then

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: what will happen in that case
What if there should be a fire? What then?

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Conversely, what then could be more wasteful, more undesirable, and more irrational than negating a large share of these conversion gains by wasting them? Vaclav Smil, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024 Opening Titles Lennon and Ono descended on a Philadelphia broadcasting studio on Valentine’s Day 1972 to co-host what then was the most popular show on daytime television. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024 So, what then are the motivations a young rich person might have for unloading works passed down to them? Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2024 One of my earliest stories to grace this column was about Apple’s Smart Battery Case for what then was the company’s flagship iPhone 11 and 11 Pro Max phones. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for what then 

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“What then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/what%20then. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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