even as

phrase

: at the same time as
They are finishing the job even as we speak.

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An experienced professional can keep the same title for years while AI gradually assumes the very tasks that once demonstrated expertise, so the position survives even as the activities that once made the work feel meaningful begin to disappear. Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Donaldson doesn’t have to look far to see there’s potential for him, even as an undrafted player, to eventually be promoted to a standard NBA contract and earn a consistent role in the Heat’s rotation. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 It was built in the 1920s, when Washington was transformed by ambitious construction projects, even as the nation grappled with political division, racial conflict and clashes between religion and secularism. Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026 But the film is most compelling throughout as a straightforward domestic drama, with increasingly fraught family dynamics lending proceedings a baseline of credibility even as whatever’s happening outside the house remains largely inscrutable. Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for even as

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“Even as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even%20as. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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