per contra

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for per contra
Adverb
  • Current boyfriend Oli Green is up to snuff in a regulation dark City-of-London/Wall-Street let’s-argue-about-the-tariffs suit, but the suit has got a hellish job of work boosting Green even so much as a few months older than his 28 years.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • But there were dissidents within the meeting even so.
    Eva Amsen, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
Adverb
  • The President, however, later denied using the word.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 15 July 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • However, the cause is still being investigated. 45 engines, 17 water tenders, three helicopters, six dozers and 16 hand crews will continue to battle the fire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025
  • Even at 33 years old, Schwarber is still hitting at an elite level for the Phillies.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
Adverb
  • As has been explained, though, that first friendly of three that have been planned will now not take place thanks to a promoter dispute.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Her screen time was short, though, as mysterious trench-coat-wearing hitchhiker Christina Bailey met her demise early in the film, setting the central mystery in motion.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 23 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
  • This work has taken place in what’s known as the Government Community Cloud, which is intended for information that is not classified but is nonetheless sensitive.
    Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 26 July 2025
  • Counsell understood the question was relating to the trade deadline but was trying to evade it nonetheless.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
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“Per contra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20contra. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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