whereas
Americanconjunction
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while on the contrary.
One arrived promptly, whereas the others hung back.
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it being the case that, or considering that (used especially in formal preambles).
noun
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whereases
plural
conjunction
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of whereas
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English wheras; equivalent to where + as 1
Example Sentences
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"By 11 days, the tumors that had been treated with TCIP3 were completely gone, whereas the tumors in the control animals remained," Nix said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
He adds that the central point of conflict is Charles “wishes it was a few hundred years ago,” whereas Liz tries to be with the times, progressive and welcomes change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
What funds like his appreciate, Feng says, is momentum persistence, whereas market environments where prices are choppy or oscillate in a narrow range are not helpful.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
YouTube relies primarily on an ad-supported model, whereas Amazon is leveraging free live access to draw massive global audiences into its wider ecosystem.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
That wasn’t an answer, and whereas Lyra would have pointed that out and asked for more information, she didn’t think Lizzie Brooks would; so she assented dumbly in the dressing and said no more.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
A frivolous, meaningless declaration filled with whereases and therefores to pretend our boys in blue were winners?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted an eloquent joint resolution with many whereases describing the brutality of the Spanish conflict, the danger of its dragging the U. S. into war. etc., etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
After four resonant whereases, the resolution reached the two sore spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides Philip hated the copying of pleadings, and he was certain that a life of "whereases" and "aforesaids" and whipping the devil round the stump, would be intolerable.
From The Gilded Age, Part 2. by Charles Dudley Warner
It will be observed that they sugar-coated their certificate with a lot of whereases.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
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