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therefore
/ ˈðɛəˌfɔː /
sentence connector
- thus; hence: used to mark an inference on the speaker's part
those people have their umbrellas up: therefore, it must be raining
- consequently; as a result
they heard the warning on the radio and therefore took another route
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Example Sentences
Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
It's cheesy and ludicrous and, therefore, delightful; it's the reading equivalent of hate-watching.
Therefore, some Democrats are under pressure to take policy actions their union allies oppose.
Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.
This may be the case—but it is not remotely plausible evidence that this attack was therefore orchestrated by North Korea.
I, therefore, deliver it as a maxim, that whoever desires the character of a proud man ought to conceal his vanity.
But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
I am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
I shall therefore, in my effort to prove the Bible fallible, quote almost wholly from Christian critics.
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