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)
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Earlier, the Starship V3 launch was scrubbed at T-40 seconds due to a hydraulic pin failure and ground system issues, delaying its first test flight.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
My grandma, on the other hand, is furious and is urging us not to tell people due to possible embarrassment or questions.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Staff at the place of worship requested that, due to his behavior, the officers ask the male to leave the property, according to officials.
—Ray Campos, CBS News, 23 May 2026
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Preposition
As noted, there are inherent dangers due to the imbalances.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Earlier, the Starship V3 launch was scrubbed at T-40 seconds due to a hydraulic pin failure and ground system issues, delaying its first test flight.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026
My grandma, on the other hand, is furious and is urging us not to tell people due to possible embarrassment or questions.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Staff at the place of worship requested that, due to his behavior, the officers ask the male to leave the property, according to officials.
—Ray Campos, CBS News, 23 May 2026
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Adjective
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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
Preposition
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Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The whole property is basically a lending library with new, vintage, and unusual tomes scattered throughout for borrowing while onsite, from Toni Morrison’s Beloved to classic National Geographic photography books.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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“Due (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/due%20%28to%29. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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