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since

[sins] / sɪns /






PREPOSITION
between the present and a previous time
Synonyms


Usage

What are other ways to say since? The conjunctions as and since suggest a reason for an occurrence or action, but they are so casual as to imply merely circumstances attendant on the main statement: As (or since) I was tired, I was sleeping. Because introduces a direct reason: I was sleeping because I was tired. 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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NHL players haven’t participated in the Olympics since 2014, but every team sent at least one player to the tournament this year, leaving team owners and general managers watching the tournament with fingers crossed, hoping their players come home healthy.

From Los Angeles Times

His widow Yulia – who has since taken the helm of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation – also faces arrest, and lives abroad alongside their two children.

From BBC

They have been holding a vigil outside the police detention centre since 8 January, when the head of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, first announced that "a significant number" of prisoners would be freed as a goodwill gesture to demonstrate what he said was the interim government's will "seek peace".

From BBC

A pressure group campaigning on detainees' behalf, Foro Penal, said on Sunday that it had been able to verify that 444 political prisoners had been released since US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro last month.

From BBC

United have been without a training kit partner since last season, and their shirt-sleeve sponsor is also set to expire in the summer.

From BBC