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therefor

[thair-fawr] / ˌðɛərˈfɔr /
ADVERB
in return for
Synonyms
STRONGEST
in exchange in exchange for in return


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“The current moment feels especially turbulent and therefor agonizing,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

The fact the drug was exorbitantly expensive and therefor inaccessible to many Americans was not a factor of consideration.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2022

Some believe that if gender were somehow culturally abolished, transgender people would simply stop wanting to transition and would therefor cease to exist as a distinguishable class of people.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2018

A debate shouldn't be about riling up and ruffling your opponent, it should be about presenting your vision to the audience - and therefor your future employer.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016

Meanwhile Bess and Belle were racing with Walter and Ed, and the afternoon was to them a time of that sort of enjoyment that comes unbidden, unplanned, and therefor proof against disappointment.

From The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways by Margaret Penrose


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