1
as in forever
yet another time
now I have to mop the floor again because you didn't wipe your feet
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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said
a green pillow will go fine with my living room; again, the best colors are blues and greens
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as in conversely
just the opposite being true
I might take swimming lessons this summer; then again, I might not
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Recent Examples of again
Three years later, LAFC’s first round CONCACAF dominance (7-1 aggregate versus Honduran team Real España) brings the two sides together again.
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Josh Gross, Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
That sequence in and of itself is a lesson NFL clubs, players and fan bases learn over and over again, year after year.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
As in previous elections, women again turned out at higher rates than men and helped decide several races, including Democrat Amber Givens’ upset of incumbent District Attorney John Creuzot.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the time of Gouge’s email suggesting that Cal Fire look at Devastating Pyrotechnics again, the company’s warehouse in Esparto had been in operation for about a year, in plain sight of local authorities.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
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Josh Gross, Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
That sequence in and of itself is a lesson NFL clubs, players and fan bases learn over and over again, year after year.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
As in previous elections, women again turned out at higher rates than men and helped decide several races, including Democrat Amber Givens’ upset of incumbent District Attorney John Creuzot.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the time of Gouge’s email suggesting that Cal Fire look at Devastating Pyrotechnics again, the company’s warehouse in Esparto had been in operation for about a year, in plain sight of local authorities.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for again
Adverb
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While this may confine a human’s dream of immortality to solutions that rely on technological enhancements, bio-hacking your body, or science-fiction level technology that relies on novel physical laws and/or phenomena, there’s still plenty that relativity has to say about living forever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
12 Mar. 2026
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That’s a strong hook, but Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke is just getting started with an erotic political tragicomedy that, like a Roomba, is forever veering off in unexpected directions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Foster, who produced Chicago, Celine Dion and Natalie Cole, put Walden on the path to a few Grammy wins and eventually — by way of then Oscars music director Bill Ross — back into the film industry.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ryan will throw a bullpen session Saturday, then depart Twins camp to join Team USA.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Young, conversely, can do both.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mabel, conversely, doesn’t think Jerry will listen.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Robots beyond lab environments The company says its technology has already been tested in production environments where robots must deal with constantly changing materials and workflows.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Veteran commuters constantly weigh the stress of traffic over the stress of being late to work.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The couple might not be done having kids, either.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Mar. 2026
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Audiences didn’t respond to it either, saddling it with a C+ CinemaScore, though the Audience Popcornmeter at Rotten Tomatoes was a bit more generous than the critics, a 73 percent versus the Tomatometer score of 59 percent.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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That put him at 2 over, still having to face the island green and the hardest hole at Sawgrass.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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IndieWire picks 15 movies to check out over here.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Her time at The Post also includes five years in the Travel section.—
Becky Krystal,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Situationist team also presented the brand’s trajectory to several modeling agencies in the hopes of booking strong models on a budget.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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After February saw noticeable improvements in both inflation and unemployment, March has seen some changes that could have savers concerned anew.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Which leads to Sunday, when the non-Jokic minutes haunted Ball Arena anew and left Adelman vowing to search for answers.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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