because
conjunction
used for showing the reason something happens or the reason why it is described in a particular way
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Because and because of
in view of something
because of something
on account of
because of someone or something
in (the) light of something
because of a particular fact
by virtue of something
because of, or as a result of
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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