The phrase "and thus were able" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a result or conclusion that follows logically from a previous statement or action.
Example: "The team worked diligently on the project, and thus were able to meet the deadline ahead of schedule."
Alternatives: "and therefore could" or "and so were capable".
He was a master of sardonic comedy and could convey urban frustrations so deftly that audiences identified with him and thus were able to laugh at themselves.
They were relatively resistant to ultraviolet radiation and thus were able to survive during Earth's early history when the atmosphere lacked an ozone layer.
During subsequent hostilities between the Sāmānid and the Būyid dynasties, the Zeyārids changed their allegiance several times and thus were able to maintain their autonomy.
The researchers themselves constructed a believeable-looking "online dating service," and thus were able to track the study participants' preferences and selection of various partners.
In France, however, the lesser nobility as well could claim such service and thus were able to achieve great personal power.
They managed to raise the vessel, calked her with waste, weeds and vines and thus were able to trans port the vehicle across the stream.
As from this time onwards, England stopped being conquered and thus was able to become 'top nation'".
More important, people would own their insurance policies and thus be able to take them from job to job.
It also doesn't seem to have that something that Chatroulette nailed and thus was able to tap so powerfully.
The council prides itself on not being a Whitehall department and thus being able to operate independent of government.
By having reasonable standards of goodness, we can be happy and good, and thus be able to protect ourselves from the people who hurt us.
