wherewith

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Cruz aspires to obtain her PhD in neuroscience, wherewith to study Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases, but her undocumented status causes a lot of uncertainty.

From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2018

I presented them with some red caps, and strings of glass beads to wear upon the neck, and many other trifles of small value, wherewith they were much delighted, and became wonderfully attached to us.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

At the urgent behest of Messrs. Stettinius & Knudsen, the House last week was asked to appropriate $25,000,000 for a new TVA dam, wherewith to supply the Aluminum Co. of America with critically needed power.

From Time Magazine Archive

The title of his favorite lecture, Christ and Labor! might be called the slogan wherewith hard-bitten "Ben" Tillett has sold himself to pious toilers' everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

The injury was too deep wherewith she had injured her; the deceit too cruel and wilful.

From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry