as in resultant
coming as a result
success that is due to hard work
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as in with
as the result of
evening classes were cancelled due to heavy snow
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Recent Examples of due (to)
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Most taxpayers will collect refunds, reflecting the overpayment of taxes in the past year, typically due to withholding too much money on W-2 forms.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Bisignano also pushed hard to ensure that the field offices remained open during the 43 day government shutdown that ended in late November, so that new applications and appeals kept getting processed, though at a slower-then-normal pace due to fewer workers.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
With over 270 inches of snow per year due to the lake effect, this Keweenaw Peninsula resort offers off-piste (ungroomed terrain) skiing.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
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Because the government has halted refugee programs, with a few exceptions, IRIS has no new refugees – people who have been forced to flee their homes due to war, violence or persecution – to help settle.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Most taxpayers will collect refunds, reflecting the overpayment of taxes in the past year, typically due to withholding too much money on W-2 forms.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Bisignano also pushed hard to ensure that the field offices remained open during the 43 day government shutdown that ended in late November, so that new applications and appeals kept getting processed, though at a slower-then-normal pace due to fewer workers.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
With over 270 inches of snow per year due to the lake effect, this Keweenaw Peninsula resort offers off-piste (ungroomed terrain) skiing.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
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This pace of growth means that every new generation of AI comes with an order-of-magnitude increase in energy, water demand and the resultant CO2 impact.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The resultant pollution from the Canadian blazes spread across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and even reached as far as Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Mississippi, according to the report.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
28 Aug. 2025
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Essential goods strain meager household budgets, with consumers paying around 363 Pakistani rupees for a dozen eggs or 2,186 Pakistan rupees for a kilogram of wheat flour, according to economic data firm CEIC Data, citing 2025 figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Brennan Center looks at what the change will be by region in 2030 compared with 2020.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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