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Given the uncertainty around when the conflict will end and hence the scale of its impact, the central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady when it announces its decision later this week.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Investors, though, seem “dubious about these changes,” hence the stock’s low valuation on a price-to-earnings basis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

This could help protect their cash flow in the short run, but raises the risk of lower yields later—and hence drive prices higher.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Ivy was certain Robin recognized June from that picture she had drawn earlier, hence all the winking and smiling, but Ivy found she didn’t mind.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake