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Walmart specifically caters to the lower income distribution and thereby could provide an early read on a burgeoning recession.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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

Nvidia’s advanced AI chips were placed under U.S. export controls by the Biden administration in October 2022, thereby restricting unlicensed sales to companies in China.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

In the later years of his life Theseus married Ariadne’s sister Phaedra, and thereby drew down terrible misfortunes on her and on himself and on his son Hippolytus, the son the Amazon had borne him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton