whereas
Americanconjunction
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while on the contrary.
One arrived promptly, whereas the others hung back.
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it being the case that, or considering that (used especially in formal preambles).
noun
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whereases
plural
conjunction
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of whereas
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English wheras; equivalent to where + as 1
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"Protests are a right, whereas violence is a crime; this red line must be drawn clearly at this critical stage of our democratic development," Rama said in a Facebook post.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
I came of age professionally when people still primarily gathered in person or spoke by phone, all in real time, whereas Caroline grew up often staying in touch with people through the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
A relatively small carnivore might have regarded a human as worthwhile prey, whereas an enormous hunter such as T. rex may have preferred much larger animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
AGI matches or exceeds human abilities across a specific cognitive task, according to the bank, whereas superintelligence would surpass human performance across every intellectual domain.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Everything about him is peaceful, whereas everything inside of me is a storm.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
A frivolous, meaningless declaration filled with whereases and therefores to pretend our boys in blue were winners?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
After four resonant whereases, the resolution reached the two sore spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted an eloquent joint resolution with many whereases describing the brutality of the Spanish conflict, the danger of its dragging the U. S. into war. etc., etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
And we don't put that sort of a message under whereases and wherefores.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Burton Jesse Hendrick
It will be observed that they sugar-coated their certificate with a lot of whereases.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
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