How to Use thereby in a Sentence

thereby

adverb
  • He signed the contract, thereby forfeiting his right to the property.
  • And then think of all the little things, from snacks to day packs, that make your life as Dad less stressful and thereby your kids’ lives much more fun.
    Paul Kita, Men's Health, 9 May 2023
  • The nuns use it to banish Valak back to hell, thereby freeing Maurice from her clutches and saving the day.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The shape of this silky mask stays off your eyelids, thereby relieving pressure for the wearer.
    Meredith Woerner, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The flash point was the effort of parents in Black neighborhoods to seek local control of the schools and, thereby, to hire Black teachers.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The goal was for everyone to unite around the same standard and thereby promote the spread of charging stations across the United States and elsewhere.
    Behnam Tabrizi, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • In turn, their dung may have fertilized the growth of certain types of algae in the lake and thereby altered the local ecosystem.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This will limit the maximum charge to 85 percent, thereby extending the life of your phone.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There's less room for the brain to slosh around in the cranial cavity, thereby reducing the risk of concussion.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 July 2022
  • This works by decreasing the porosity of the strands, thereby reducing the amount of breakage in hair.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2022
  • Foreign automakers have argued in the past that their workers earn about the same as UAW members, thereby negating the need for a union.
    CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • In the case of these styling systems, a spinning vortex of air wraps around the barrel, attracting hair and thereby curling along the same airflow.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Cutting rates further could cause providers to opt out of the program — and thereby reduce patient access to care.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Many supply chains are no longer clogged, thereby helping reduce goods prices.
    Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • If the Fed decides to cut this rate, banks will have more of an incentive to lend or invest these idle reserves, thereby adding to the M2 money supply.
    WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The helical grooves of the Sequel tampon make the liquid flow path longer, thereby reducing the risk of leakage, the company’s co-founders say.
    Katie Deighton, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Just a few months after the '80s hit premiered, Keaton starred in the film Clean and Sober, thereby officially sinking his hook into the worlds of comedy and drama by the end of the decade.
    Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, in states that don’t allow such methods, the product would be trucked to a state that does, thereby creating even more greenhouse gas emissions.
    Anne Field, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Idaho then asked the Supreme Court to limit the injunction to just the two plaintiffs, thereby letting the ban take effect against all other trans youth in Idaho.
    Ann Marimow, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Jünger’s inability to support their cause, and thereby live up to his own legend, troubled him for the remainder of his life.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • But the changes have made Arizona tougher and more athletic, thereby boosting the playmaking options.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the kiss, like the rest of the film, became iconic, thereby leading Spider-Man to become the first motion picture to reach $100 million in a single weekend.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022
  • Russia thereby claimed the rest of Ukraine—everything but a western district known as Galicia, which went to the Habsburgs.
    Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022
  • By dramatizing the uncanny other, weird thereby became a term of enticement — at least to the young males who read the comics.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The goal is to infer which decks are more advantageous than the others and thereby maximize winnings.
    D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The fee is designed to persuade people to get out of their cars and take transit, thereby helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
    Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • In the decades that followed, the conference continued to grow in both prominence and size, thereby requiring further name changes.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Giuliano recommends two to five days, noting that over time the brew will start to oxidize, thereby altering the profile of the coffee.
    Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2023
  • His stovetop waffle iron was designed to be turned easily, thereby reducing the risk of burns.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • On the other hand, many politicians support making daylight saving time permanent and thereby keeping longer evenings year-round.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024

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