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Definition of: whereas
(hwâr′az′) conj.
1. Since the facts are such as they are; seeing that: often used in the preamble of a resolution, etc.
2. The fact of the matter being that; when in truth: implying opposition to a previous statement.
—noun plural ·as·es A clause or item beginning with the word “whereas.”
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