hence
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Germany has traditionally had solid public finances and is seen as a safer bet in terms of paying back its debts than France, hence the lower yield on German government bonds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Kaiser hence recommends buying IWM call options ahead of CPI data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
We’ll never know, and neither will they, hence their cyclical dance in the novel, through repressed trauma and lost possibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They have not been treated respectfully; hence the refusal to issue a hands-off order on Kyiv’s airport while the two were in town.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
People who confuse the two may think that the adjectives in these sentences “modify the verb” and hence ought to be replaced by adverbs.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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