even so

as in however
in spite of that I know you claim not to care about the breakup; even so, you keep talking about it

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Recent Examples of even so But even so, July’s CPI report came in below expectations. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 This War of the Worlds isn’t bad or even so-bad-it’s-good. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025 Law enforcement needs a subpoena or warrant to access student records, and even so, schools would not have any information regarding the immigration status of students. Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025 But there were dissidents within the meeting even so. Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for even so
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Adverb
  • The potential use of AI in esports — or competitive gaming — has sparked debate, however.
    Lucy Handley, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Because of its determination to deliver pay-TV in a different way, however, YouTube has increasingly clashed with traditional media companies, including four prior carriage fights in 2025 alone.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Bank of America, though, expects that tariffs will be adding about half a percentage point to the core PCE measure the Federal Reserve uses when assessing inflation.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World or Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, though, Dracula lacks a true lead character—an effect of the film’s anthology format that ultimately cedes space to Jude’s AI imagery.
    Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But the pair nevertheless share similar approaches.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, Comey nevertheless directed Richman to reference it in conversations with the press to defend his public announcement about the closing of the Clinton inquiry.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • However, Mamdani is still a clear frontrunner heading into Election Day, and maintained a two-digit lead in other polls taken just days earlier.
    Connor Greene, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Palantir’s revenue figures are still quite small compared to peers of similar market capitalization.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Always a source of off-year political fascination, the New York mayor’s race has nonetheless attracted a huge amount of national and global attention.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The work of Aristarchus was recognized as having great importance for two reasons that have little to do with heliocentrism, but nonetheless represented huge advances in the early science of astronomy.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Even so.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/even%20so. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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