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Six example sentences with hence, each labelled with its topic.
Rents rose faster than wages for six straight years, hence the steady migration of young workers to smaller cities.
Economics
The sample was contaminated during transport, hence the impossible readings that the second laboratory could not reproduce at all.
Science
The witness was abroad on the date in question, hence the prosecution quietly dropped that portion of its case.
Law
The company's bonds are rated below investment grade, hence the double digit yield that tempts risk-hungry buyers.
Finance
Every definition must use other words, hence the ancient worry that a dictionary explains nothing from the ground up.
Philosophy
The center fouled out with six minutes left, hence the small lineup that the coach had rehearsed all week.
Basketball
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