after all
Example Sentences
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UConn went three years between titles, after all.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Stocks, after all, are still basking in the glow of one of the biggest bull markets in history, having returned an average of 14% a year over the past decade.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
PBS will, after all, be presenting numerous specials on U.S. history in this 250th year of the nation’s birth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The creature’s enormous stature, dark body, and light gray head made me wonder whether it was a buzzard after all.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
It was only Virginia, after all, not the icy tundra of Michigan.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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