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adverbial phrase

  • Introducing the cause, explanation, or justification for a preceding statement; for the previously stated reason.

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"Once he leaves, there's no getting him back, the case goes away, and that is why this is a bigger case," Tse said in the courtroom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Pneumonic plague can transmit from person to person and that is why there is the concern around this," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

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  • which explains...
  • the reason being
  • so, yeah
  • and there you have it

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  • unrelatedly
  • plot twist
  • for no reason
  • out of nowhere
  • despite this

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