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because

[bih-kawz, -koz, -kuhz] / bɪˈkɔz, -ˈkɒz, -ˈkʌz /




Usage

What are other ways to say because? The conjunction because introduces a direct reason for an occurrence or action: I was sleeping because I was tired. As and since are so casual as to imply merely circumstances attendant on the main statement: As (or since) I was tired, I was sleeping. The reason, proof, or justification introduced by for is like an afterthought or a parenthetical statement: I was famished, for I had not eaten all day. The more formal inasmuch as implies concession; the main statement is true in view of the circumstances introduced by this conjunction: Inasmuch as I was tired, it seemed best to sleep.

Example Sentences

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But the release was postponed until the new year because it conflicted with an event at the White House, Nixon said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We don’t follow Denmark’s vaccine recommendations because we don’t live in Denmark. Children in the United States are at risk of different diseases than children in other countries,” said Dr. Jose Romero, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Infectious Diseases, in a statement published earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal

It simply has no incentive to do so because it can sell its products in most states without Food and Drug Administration approval.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.

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“The bottom line of the Court of Chancery’s decisions is that a compensation plan resulting in spectacular growth should be revoked because it was somehow unfair to the very stockholders who benefited from that growth and overwhelmingly approved the plan—twice,” the Tesla board’s lawyers wrote in a brief.

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