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
Law enforcement needs a subpoena or warrant to access student records, and even so, schools would not have any information regarding the immigration status of students.
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Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
But there were dissidents within the meeting even so.
—Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
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
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Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
But there were dissidents within the meeting even so.
—Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for even so
Adverb
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Fewer than three hours later, however, most of that throng trickled out of the stadium in disappointment after watching the Mustangs break a scoreless game at halftime en route to a 21-0 victory.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Score did, however, share a tidbit about how the book came together.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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What Alejandro does, though, is mine that thread that connects all of these places — over their history and through its people — for what amounts to a pan-Caribbean artistic expression.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, though, in the war of words, college students tend to get the blame.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Director Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother ($5 in the MFL) won the top prize at Venice, but there’s nevertheless an enduring sense that the family dramedy starring Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett, and Vicky Krieps will be too small for awards season.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Joining Rapp in his intellectual group, Adam Goldberg's Mike Newhouse nevertheless gets into a scuffle during the moon tower party but ultimately stands up for himself.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In March 2022, for reasons that still remain unclear, the truce between the Salvadoran government and MS-13 fell apart.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Families of the trapped -- who are said to be mostly teenage boys -- waited anxiously for news as rescue teams combed through twisted debris and slabs of concrete to find 38 students and workers who were still missing.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In a statement, BusPatrol pointed out the audit’s confirmation that the procurement process used to enter into a contract with Miami-Dade schools was done according to the rules, although the audit argues the district should have nonetheless done their own due diligence.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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After the fraught delay, play resumed nonetheless.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Pioneers head coach Robert Reeves mused that a majority of his players don’t even have their driver’s license yet.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Following its release in late August, the LP spent two weeks in the top spot and is yet to fall beneath the runner-up spot.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Even so.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/even%20so. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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