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as in with
as the result of
won the tournament through practice and hard work
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as in by
using the means or agency of
apparently got his money through theft and deception
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as in around
from beginning to end
read the letter through twice never once missed class the whole year through
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as in up
brought or having come to an end
a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through
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Recent Examples of through
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
On the pitch, Napoli was suffering through the championship point by point with Inter.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Just when everything starts feeling impossible, the universe will bless you with the vitality and assurance to push through.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024
But that’s the universal struggle and the only way is through.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
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Preposition
Because relevance isn’t taught; it’s trained through tension, experimentation and reflection in synthetic futures.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
On the pitch, Napoli was suffering through the championship point by point with Inter.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adverb
Still, Houthi munitions occasionally slip through—most recently, a ballistic missile impacted outside Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on May 4.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Just when everything starts feeling impossible, the universe will bless you with the vitality and assurance to push through.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 27 May 2025
Adjective
Alan Pulido made it 2-0 in the 57th minute, cutting in from the right wing for a through pass by Radoja just beyond the Quakes defense.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 July 2024
But that’s the universal struggle and the only way is through.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for through
Preposition
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But this has actually been a really successful start of a very complicated mission by people who are doing something new and taking away the control over the aid distribution from the terrorists that have controlled it throughout.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
4 June 2025
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Proctor was cited as a producer throughout Midas Man‘s development, but his credit was missing from the final feature.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
Preposition
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Tax Cuts and Tax Breaks in the Big Beautiful Bill Lowers Tax Brackets The new legislation makes the lower income tax rates created during the first Trump Administration in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) permanent.—
Cindy McGhee,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Will Smith was banned from the Oscars for ten years after slapping a fellow artist during a live broadcast.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
31 May 2025
Preposition
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Five of those countries are on the new list, plus several more countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, as well as Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela.—
Allison McCann,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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After defenseman Rob Scuderi saved the Game 6 win by stopping Johan Franzen with Fleury out of position, Fleury saved Game 7 in the last seconds by diving across the goal mouth to stone Lidstrom on a rebound.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
Preposition
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Julian Arreola, a brand ambassador for St-Germain, says via Zoom that travel and social media helped drive the trend.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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All of those GPUs have 32 of AMD's compute units, and all are connected to either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 via a 128-bit memory interface.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2025
Preposition
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Thank you so much for sharing the most incredibly personal experience with us.—
Stephanie Guerilus,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
Preposition
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Devastated by injuries throughout the year, the Gators were undermanned in the field and the bullpen with just one bench player available.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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This burst of energy may be connected to the emotional clarity brought on by the full moon in your sign on May 12.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 June 2025
Adverb
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Some of that is related to how much safety Derwin James Jr. moves around.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Defense created easy offense and in the halfcourt, the ball skipped around.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
Adverb
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Supporters say this is the mark of a unifying candidate, though the fear remains that once voting is over, the old bitterness and acrimony will return without wholesale reform.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Whether in Latin America, Europe, or elsewhere, the days of passive treatment for those who work to undermine the rights of Americans are over.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/through. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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