as in therefore
for this or that reason
we didn't have room for all seven of us in my car and thus took two cars to go to the movies
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David Card, who won a Nobel Prize in 2021 for his work on this subject, documented that this inflow actually prompted a significant increase in new business investment and thus led to a surge in new employment.
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Robert Hormats,
Time,
4 July 2026
While all game cartridges on the first Nintendo Switch had the entire game natively stored on them, and thus didn't use up your precious internal storage like a digital version would, many Switch 2 game cartridges are actually key-cards.
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George Yang,
PC Magazine,
4 July 2026
The Patriots festooned their parties with banners and flags; thus, streamers, bunting or trendy flag banners in red, white, and blue would be an impeccable look.
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Brooke Barbier,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
The challenge for Gunn, and thus DC Studios, is to navigate the fine line of being filmmaker friendly while also trusting his strong artistic point of view that has guided him all his career.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
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Robert Hormats,
Time,
4 July 2026
While all game cartridges on the first Nintendo Switch had the entire game natively stored on them, and thus didn't use up your precious internal storage like a digital version would, many Switch 2 game cartridges are actually key-cards.
—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
4 July 2026
The Patriots festooned their parties with banners and flags; thus, streamers, bunting or trendy flag banners in red, white, and blue would be an impeccable look.
—
Brooke Barbier,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
The challenge for Gunn, and thus DC Studios, is to navigate the fine line of being filmmaker friendly while also trusting his strong artistic point of view that has guided him all his career.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
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Indeed, in the high temperatures of the solar corona it had been thought that dust could not survive for very long and would therefore have no impact.
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The Vatican said the consecrations, carried out without the pope’s approval and therefore in conflict with Catholic law, constituted a schismatic act that severed the society’s communion with Rome.
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Valentine also testified that the FDA encourages infant formula companies to send in all adverse event reports and that nothing prevented Mead Johnson from doing so.
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The World Cup brings fans from around the world together and on game day, so does public transportation.
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Finally, niacinamide supports skin barrier function and, consequently, improves hydration levels.
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And that means that there are consequently are a lot of potential insiders.
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“Thus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thus. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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