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what with

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Definitions

  1. Owing to

    Owing to; because of; as a result of (used typically to introduce several causes of something)

    • She was sleeping very badly these days, what with the new baby and all the activity surrounding him.
    • What with it being too late and raining, we decided to stay home.
    • Her half-brother had now ample means again, but what with debts and what with new madness wasted them most fearfully again.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for what with. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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