whereas
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The reason, they argued: “Rising resource prices are a drag on the rest of the economy, whereas falling resource prices are a boon for the economy.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Three males shared the same mitochondrial lineage, whereas three females each had a different one.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Son of Sam just mesmerized everybody for a long period,” recalled Michael Oreskes, then a reporter for the Daily News, whereas “LaGuardia was a one-time thing that then nobody could explain, nobody could figure out.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The delegates portrayed number 48, whereas 56 signed the Declaration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
“I am absolutely certain that, whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing,” Westmoreland said.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
A frivolous, meaningless declaration filled with whereases and therefores to pretend our boys in blue were winners?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
After four resonant whereases, the resolution reached the two sore spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted an eloquent joint resolution with many whereases describing the brutality of the Spanish conflict, the danger of its dragging the U. S. into war. etc., etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
I forgot to make any speech, but went right at the whereases at once.
From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)
Besides Philip hated the copying of pleadings, and he was certain that a life of "whereases" and "aforesaids" and whipping the devil round the stump, would be intolerable.
From The Gilded Age, Part 2. by Warner, Charles Dudley
