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Example Sentences

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If you list your daughter on a transfer-on-death or beneficiary deed, it would go to her immediately and thereby means the property would not pass through probate, which can be lengthy, public and time-consuming.

From MarketWatch

Legal experts agreed that Wasco’s school board complied with the Brown Act — thereby exposing that law’s limits and potential loopholes.

From Los Angeles Times

"At a moment when many understandably feared for their own safety, he ran towards the danger, entered a moving vehicle and brought it to a halt, thereby preventing further injury and quite possibly saving lives."

From BBC

Generally speaking, the central bank’s goal is to keep bank reserves sufficient to control short-term interest rates and thereby reduce financial institutions’ reliance on the overnight repo market.

From MarketWatch

Audiences are cognizant of this portal, but they are encouraged to forget its existence when the drama ramps up, thereby allowing them to have their cake and eat it too.

From Los Angeles Times