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 Expectations are for some disinflation, but even so a March interest rate cut is viewed as extremely unlikely. Simon Moore, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 But even so, some aspects of the franchise had to remain for the fourth and likely final installment. Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2025 Whale Rider director Niki Caro plays with the notion that no one is a fiercer warrior than a mom protecting her young, but even so, The Mother is a replacement-level event film trying to cash in on a trendy action style. Will Leitch, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2025 Yet even so, there are reasons to be optimistic. Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for even so
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Adverb
  • One group could not be entirely saved, however, as their boat capsized and eight people died.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • In a characteristic act of self-contradiction, however, his foreign policy is based on a significant overestimation of American power.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adverb
  • Keeping him and Bradley may be less interesting to Indiana, though.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Taillon, though, had kept the Astros off the board until Altuve’s home run on his 107th pitch to end his day.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Adverb
  • The median home sale price in the U.S. just touched a record high, but new data shows that buyers are nevertheless paying below asking price.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 June 2025
  • History will nevertheless remember Francis as a pope of consequence, who met the proverbial moment in a way that would make St. Peter proud.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Adverb
  • Among those also still on the board when the Heat selected at No. 20 were Liam McNeeley, Jase Richardson, Nique Clifford, Ben Saraf, Danny Wolf, Will Riley, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Asa Newell, Rasheer Fleming, Drake Powell and Maxime Raynaud.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
  • While Maverick fans are still not over it, the page is officially turned.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Adverb
  • Trump's business assets are held by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which is controlled by his son, Donald Trump Jr., but government watchdog groups have nonetheless expressed concern about how Trump may be using his position as president to generate personal profits.
    Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • Those types of harm can be difficult to quantify but are nonetheless impactful.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • But Dan Shapero, chief operating officer at LinkedIn, isn’t ready to declare the bottom rung of the career ladder broken—at least not yet.
    Massimo Marioni, Fortune, 23 June 2025
  • But the justices have not yet spelled out in detail what exactly that requires in each case.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 23 June 2025

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

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