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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“I don’t know that we’ve always executed as well as we would like and so, therefor, we haven’t probably gotten as good as results as we would like, but there’s no quit in this team.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 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
A debate shouldn't be about riling up and ruffling your opponent, it should be about presenting your vision to the audience - and therefor your future employer.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016
What the American owes to the great Russian, and how warm is his gratitude therefor, any one may see for himself by reading My Literary Passions.
From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps
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