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hence

[hens] / hɛns /


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They have a fixed amount of shares in circulation — hence they are closed-ended, as opposed to “open-ended” mutual funds and ETFs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Given the uncertainty around when the conflict will end and hence the scale of its impact, the central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady when it announces its decision later this week.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The latter aren’t presidential appointees and hence are beyond Mr. Trump’s reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Eurasia harbored many domestic animal species and hence developed many such microbes, while the Americas had very few of each.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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