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90 Transition Words and Phrases

To provide another point

And

Nor

Also

As well

Besides

Further

Moreover

Along with

Furthermore

In addition

Additionally

What is more

Another reason

To X, Y adds Z

To conclude or explain

So

Then

Thus

Hence

And so

Because

And thus

In short

At bottom

Therefore

All in all

Accordingly

As a result

At its core

That is why

To that end

In any event

Consequently

In consequence

For that reason

To draw an analogy or comparison

Here

Likewise

Similarly

By analogy

So too here

As with X, Y

By extension

Much like X, Y

In like manner

In the same way

Just as X, so Y

To give an example

Say

As in

Such as

Including

For example

For instance

For one thing

First, second, third, etc.

To preempt a counterargument

Still

Even if

Even so

Although

Of course

That said

To be sure

All the same

Even assuming

At the same time

On the other hand

Though she has argued

Though some might argue

To emphasize or expand

Indeed

In fact

Even more

In effect

By analogy

Especially

Simply put

By extension

Particularly

In particular

In other words

Put another way

All the more reason

All the more because

All the more X because Y

To draw a contrast

Yet

But

Not

Rather

Unlike

Despite

However

Instead

Conversely

By contrast

In contrast

Nonetheless

For all that

Nevertheless