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whereases
Variant of whereas
conjunction
- it being the case that; in view of the fact that: used in the preamble to a formal document: whereas the following incidents have occurred
- while on the contrary; but on the other hand: she is careful, whereas he takes risks
noun pl. whereases
a statement beginning with “whereas”
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