therefor
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of therefor
First recorded in 1125–75, therefor is from the Middle English word therfor. See there, for
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Example Sentences
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Senior Judge Walter Kurtz wrote that federal courts had previously determined Byron Black was not intellectually disabled and therefor was ineligible to have the decision considered once again.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The fact the drug was exorbitantly expensive and therefor inaccessible to many Americans was not a factor of consideration.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2022
Some believe that if gender were somehow culturally abolished, transgender people would simply stop wanting to transition and would therefor cease to exist as a distinguishable class of people.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2018
The panel also found that the amount of meldonium in Markin’s sample was so small that it likely did not enhance his performance, and therefor did not impact Russia’s qualification for the Rio Games.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2016
One of the two reasons therefor, however, is simply that the finer, subtle, preferential bonds with subtler and less often abstracted elements go beyond, and at times against, the grosser and more usual bonds.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike
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