whereas
conjunction
while on the contrary.
whereases
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pluralof whereas.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A frivolous, meaningless declaration filled with whereases and therefores to pretend our boys in blue were winners?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
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
After four resonant whereases, the resolution reached the two sore spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, after they get through with their whereases they face the music squarely, and certify to “the condition of general and complete peace.”
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
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
