"now that" meaning in English

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Conjunction

Head templates: {{head|en|conjunction}} now that
  1. As a consequence of the fact that; since. Synonyms: as, because, seeing that, because Translations (since): noudat (Afrikaans), بِمَا أَنّ (bimā ʔann) (Arabic), أَمَا وَأَنّ (ʔamā waʔann) (Arabic), цяпе́р, калі́ (cjapjér, kalí) (Belarusian), 既然 (jìrán) (Chinese Mandarin), nu (Dutch), nyt kun (Finnish), maintenant que (French), 고 나니 (-go nani) (Korean), 어보니 (-eo-boni) (Korean), 으니 (-euni) (Korean), 으니까 (-eunikka) (Korean), nū (Old English), skoro (Polish), agora que (Portuguese), já que (Portuguese), acum că (Romanian), тепе́рь, когда́ (tepérʹ, kogdá) (Russian), раз уж (raz už) (Russian), ahora que (Spanish), madem (Turkish), тепе́р, коли́ (tepér, kolý) (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "since",
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          "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
      "word": "어보니"
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      "sense": "since",
      "word": "으니"
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      "word": "으니까"
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
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      "sense": "since",
      "word": "ahora que"
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      "sense": "since",
      "word": "madem"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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