thanks to

1. On account of, because of, as in Thanks to your help, we'll be done on time. This phrase alludes to gratitude being due to someone or something. It is also put negatively, no thanks to, meaning “without the benefit of help from,” as in We finally found your house, no thanks to the confusing map you drew. This usage, first recorded in 1633, is about a hundred years older than the first term, recorded only in 1737.

Example Sentences

The most affluent Americans have gained trillions of dollars in new wealth in the past five years, largely thanks to rising home prices and a robust stock market.

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Thanks to TV, we can live vicariously through period dramas where people had staff to prepare their dinner and wash the dishes afterward, a perk of being born into high society.

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I believe, though, that a solution to this coherence gap is in sight—thanks to AI.

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What’s new is that—thanks to AI—we can now apply them consistently, dispassionately and at scale, right when decisions are being made.

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Joe Root was out for two, captain Harry Brook six and Ben Duckett eight and they only cleared 200 thanks to Jamie Overton's 68 - his first ODI fifty.

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