Cohesive Devices

because, because of, as a result of, consequently, therefore, thus, owing to, due to, hence

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for example, such as, for instance, in the case of, as shown by, illustrated by, take, one example is

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first, firstly, first of all, second, secondly, next, then, after that, eventually, meanwhile, now, previously, finally

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in short, on the whole, in conclusion, in general, in brief, overall, generally, in a nutshell, to sum up

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and, as well as, moreover, furthermore, in addition, on top of that, another point is, besides, what’s more

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whereas, alternatively, unlike, on the other hand, conversely, having said that, nevertheless, however

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but, however, although, unless, except, apart from, as long as, if

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similarly, likewise, as with, like, equally, in the same way

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above all, in particular, especially, significantly, indeed, notably

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