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
  • Even if there’s nothing to fear about this new database, however, good results in science depend on trust.
    Caren Zucker, The Atlantic, 6 July 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
  • The crowd was smaller than usual that morning, though.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
  • His first bucket, though, was a thunderous slam on a coast-to-coast.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Adverb
  • Challenged by armed gangs in southern Gaza and a population that has expressed open anger at Hamas, the militant group has nevertheless found a way to continue the fight, exacting a deadly price with each passing week that goes by without a ceasefire.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
  • My mother spoke of my grandmother’s sober beauty, plain and simple but nevertheless an inspiration to my grandfather.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Adverb
  • The Diamondbacks arrived in San Diego reeling a bit, having lost eight of 11, but still ranking fourth in the major leagues in OPS and third in runs.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
  • Emergency crews are still conducting search and rescue operations for missing residents and campers.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Adverb
  • Yet the Trump Doctrine nonetheless suffers from three big problems.
    Hal Brands, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • Real punched their ticket to this quarterfinal with a 1-0 win over Juventus, and have yet to get much out of Kylian Mbappe, who is rounding his way into form.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 July 2025
  • Cooler cities and states don't need AC - yet Alaska leads the nation in going without AC, according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Energy data by University of California, Berkeley professor Lucas Davis.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 July 2025

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“Even so.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/even%20so. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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