as in so
for this or that reason
it's snowing hard; therefore I think we should stay home
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Trolling, in that way, can be self-rationalizing, and therefore particularly powerful when its logic comes for our politics.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
The current is warming now and therefore speeding up, and its course is more southerly—all of which erodes the Antarctic ice sheet.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
During a meeting in April, commissioners once again pushed back at the argument from military officials that all SpaceX activities benefited the U.S. government and should therefore be considered federal activity.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The Fukushima peaches would therefore be no more radioactively contaminated than those grown in a London back garden.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
The current is warming now and therefore speeding up, and its course is more southerly—all of which erodes the Antarctic ice sheet.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
During a meeting in April, commissioners once again pushed back at the argument from military officials that all SpaceX activities benefited the U.S. government and should therefore be considered federal activity.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The Fukushima peaches would therefore be no more radioactively contaminated than those grown in a London back garden.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Therefore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therefore. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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