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thereby

[thair-bahy, thair-bahy] / ˌðɛərˈbaɪ, ˈðɛərˌbaɪ /
ADVERB
by that
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"Overall, our results showed that multidimensional joint encoding substantially increased the information carried by a single holographic data page, thereby improving storage capacity," said Tan.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Knowing your track record, you write a column predicting the Dodgers will not win the World Series this year, thereby ensuring that they will, in fact, win the World Series this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

They also justify his choice to continue the campaign, degrading Iran’s missile and drone infrastructure and thereby its ability to support proxies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The source of the stock market’s below-average returns during widely followed sports tournaments is the behavior of investors whose favorite team has lost and thereby eliminated from competition.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

“It expresses only the evident fact that...many characteristics of the organism are specified...in unique, separate and thereby independent ways.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee