thanks to

Idioms  

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.

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Actually, every two weeks, thanks to a recently approved initiative: “You guys get paid every two weeks by your employer,” he reasoned, “so why shouldn’t your assets pay you every two weeks?”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Only shortwave radios worked, and the mayor of Los Angeles, Frank Shaw, spoke to the nation thanks to a relay via a wireless station way up in Point Reyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

There is also a risk of exposing the infirmities of age to an often unsympathetic public, thanks to concert videos that circulate on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Long lost oyster beds on the West Coast of Scotland have been rediscovered thanks to Gaelic and Scots language.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

All anybody’s talking about is how we’re going to be up to our butts in paper links thanks to a kid named Link.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman