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per contra

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Definition of per contra

as in even so

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But even so, the government has thus far failed to intervene to control rising prices.

— Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
The rule has persisted through tradition, but even so, there are plenty of people who have reinterpreted this old-fashioned standard to wear white all year long.

— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2026

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That season, however, there was only a one-week break between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, depriving the league of its normal buffer zone.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Perhaps more significantly, however, is that the same logic will apply to all other cases where the DOE has attempted to force plants to stay open.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

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Hassan Saboula, director of Jawf's civil defense agency, said a child was among the 23 killed Monday and that rescue teams were still searching for seven missing from the attack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Coal, which still supplies about 53% of China's energy mix by Wang's estimate, acted as a crucial shock absorber, allowing the economy to substitute away from oil when prices spiked.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of still

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The German government nevertheless said Friday that the country faces a persistent hybrid threat.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Shares nevertheless sold off on profit-taking, leaving Palo Alto as the portfolio's worst performer last week, losing more than 10%.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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