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Preposition
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In the intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration, typically the present,
  1. In the intervening period between (the time mentioned) and the time under consideration, typically the present
    • - she has suffered from depression since she was sixteen
    • - the worst property slump since the war
    • - I've felt better since I've been here
    • - she ran away on Friday and we haven't seen her since
  2. For the reason that: because
    • - delegates were delighted, since better protection of rhino reserves will help protect other rare species
  3. Ago
    • - the settlement had vanished long since
  1. Since may refer to the following places: *Sincé, Sucre Department, Bolivia *Sińce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
  2. Sincé is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.
  3. Sińce (formerly German Schinz) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Białogard, within Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Białogard and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
  4. From a specified time in the past; from the time that; because; from (time)
  5. The conjunction since, when used to mean "because," can occasionally create ambiguity when both this "because" sense and the alternative "from the time when" sense are meaningful in the same context ("Since the cold weather had started, he had been thinking about the expense of heating his house ...
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