Thesaurus results for PER CONTRA

per contra

adverb

Definition of per contra

as in even so

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Fedorov stopped short of launching a direct challenge to the president, but even so political and public support for Zelenskyy seems more fragile than ever.

— Will Barker, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026
And even so, shouldn’t poor play incentivize keeping the first team out there to codify communication, to establish routine, to actually execute?

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of even so

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Bonta’s office, however, has argued that such behavioral remedies have proven impossible to enforce in the past.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
On Thursday, however, good fortune found Ramos in the third inning, as the left fielder crushed an RBI double off the corner of Camden Yards’ right field wall.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of however

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Homecoming aside, there’s still the Trawler to worry about, a fact we’re reminded of when another victim turns up on a playground, this time with a pentagram carved into his back and fish corpses shoved into his wounds.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Institutional investors still seem to see growth opportunities, even if some sovereign wealth funds show signs of potential pullbacks.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of still

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For most, though, the dress is business casual, matching the growing casualness of their behavior in the box over the course of long sessions.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The kitchen itself, though, feels fairly unused—one tap wasn’t working, the cutlery was slightly rusty, and the whole setup had a ramshackle quality.

— Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of though

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But China’s rapid naval expansion has nevertheless set alarm bells ringing in Washington.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
The city nevertheless is now often more interested in engaging residential developers to do historic restoration projects than demolition-and-new-construction jobs.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of nevertheless

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The actress went on to have a successful career nonetheless, playing Clarissa Darling in Clarissa Explains It All on Nickelodeon, which ran for five seasons from 1991 to 1994.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Steven Finkelstein of the University of Texas at Austin is leading a program that will hunt for very bright, very distant galaxies that Roman and other observatories could nonetheless scrutinize in lavish detail.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

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