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whereby

[wair-bahy, hwair-] / wɛərˈbaɪ, ʰwɛər- /
ADVERB
by which
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CONJUNCTION
by which
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He worked with the Secret Service to develop a strategy whereby people who were present or watching on television could see that Clinton did not board the same plane as the staff and press.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Zuckerberg also argues for allowing distillation, a controversial practice whereby developers query competing models to copy what they know.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

On Thursday, Anthropic reported a similar mishap whereby a setup error allowed its Claude models to reach the open internet during safety evaluations and compromise the infrastructure of three real-world organizations.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

For Uefa, the question is whether it can create a situation whereby Infantino is left with no option but to resign.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

In almost all other matters of Belief, of Opinion, or of Science; the assurance, whereby men are guided, is nothing near so firm, as this.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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