In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:Padonkaffsky language has gone mainstream and is common in Russian vernacular and popular culture . Sentence 2:As a result , the websites on which Padonkaffsky language originally appeared are now dominated by another kind of high - shock - value material , adult content .
[EX A]: as a result

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:In cultures where the sex of the child is of utmost importance , parents are more likely to abandon a baby of the undesired sex . Sentence 2:Similarly , people may choose to pursue the , often controversial , option of sex - selective abortion .
[EX A]: similarly

[EX Q]: Sentence 1:In Judaism , the process of becoming spiritually pure lasts seven days . Sentence 2:Thus , the Maccabees could only produce additional pure oil after eight days : seven days of becoming pure including one day , once pure , to actually make the oil .
[EX A]:
thus