even if
idiom
—used to stress that something will happen despite something else that might prevent it
I'm going to the party even if it rains.
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The awards-giving season is young, even if the odds are getting longer to take on One Battle After Another.
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
The two also commented on the mass popularity of the show, even if people in the audience didn’t watch it, their trainers, moms, and daughters certainly have.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Jan. 2026
The Lakers, by rule, could not trade Rui Hachimura and his salary for Kon Knueppel even if the Charlotte Hornets wanted to.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Someone who could walk up and over a picnic table for thirty minutes, wearing a twenty-pound pack, with a fifty-pound sandbag slung over his shoulder, would likely be able to help tote a rescue litter, even if, as once happened, the patient weighed four hundred pounds.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
The two also commented on the mass popularity of the show, even if people in the audience didn’t watch it, their trainers, moms, and daughters certainly have.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Jan. 2026
The Lakers, by rule, could not trade Rui Hachimura and his salary for Kon Knueppel even if the Charlotte Hornets wanted to.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Someone who could walk up and over a picnic table for thirty minutes, wearing a twenty-pound pack, with a fifty-pound sandbag slung over his shoulder, would likely be able to help tote a rescue litter, even if, as once happened, the patient weighed four hundred pounds.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Even if.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even%20if. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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