because of

Example Sentences

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Jake Paul says his boxing career is "most definitely" in doubt because of the injuries sustained during his loss to British heavyweight Anthony Joshua in December.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The U.S. inflation rate leaped to a nearly three-year high of 3.8% in April because of higher gas prices — and the pain for consumers isn’t going away anytime soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“This is a city where our residents were criminalized because of ICE, our downtown suffered because of construction, and all this on the heels of a pandemic,” he told me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

These are unfortunate examples of how AI can lead to mistreatment of people because of technical flaws as well as misplaced human faith in the technology’s supposed objectivity.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Not because of what she might think about it, but because it was private, very personal, and I wanted to keep it that way.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo