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To indicate a time relationshipafter, afterward, after that, at first, at this time, before, beginning with, beyond, during, earlier, ending with, eventually, finally, following, from then on, in the meantime, last, later, meanwhile, next, now, since, then, until, while
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To indicate spatial placementbelow, beside, between, beyond, farther on, here, next to, parallel with
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To list or present a series of ideasafter, after that, finally, first, lastly, next, second, third
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To add information or continue a line of thoughtalso, another, besides, further, furthermore, in addition, likewise, moreover, similarly
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To summarize or show conclusionaccordingly, finally, in conclusion, in other words, in short, to conclude, to sum up, to summarize
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To show comparisonby comparison, compared to, in like manner, likewise, similarly
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To show contrastalthough, but, however, in contrast, nevertheless, on the contrary, on the other hand, unlike
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To repeat information or stress a pointabove all, in fact, in other words, most important, once again, to repeat
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To provide an example or illustrate a pointfor example, for instance, such as, to illustrate, that is
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To show cause and effectas a result, because, because of, caused by, consequently, for that reason, that is why, therefore, thus
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To state the obviouscertainly, granted that, in fact, most certainly, naturally, obviously, of course, surely, undoubtedly, without a doubt
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