thanks to

Preposition

Meaning

thanks to

Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically.
Amy was given a scholarship thanks to her excellent grades.

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Examples

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith. Ignatius of Antioch

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner. Alessandro Del Piero

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago. Erma Bombeck

When the king reigns it is thanks to the people; when a river sings it's thanks to the stones. Madagascan Proverb

Day will not break thanks to the cackling of the chicken. Myanmar Proverb

Thanks to one small candle the whole of Moscow burns. Russian Proverb

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