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Therefore, hence, and thus: what is the difference?

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Use therefore when you want a direct formal link from a reason to a result. Use hence in formal writing, especially before a noun phrase or when the meaning is from now. Use thus for a result or for the meaning in this way.

The building was closed; therefore, the meeting moved online.
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