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while

[hwahyl, wahyl] / ʰwaɪl, waɪl /




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Strength in telecommunications, broadcasting and capital market services boosted service activity in December, while business activity in retail and catering remained in contraction territory, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among these, nabilone showed a moderate benefit, while dronabinol produced little or no meaningful improvement.

From Science Daily

In July 2023, his elder brother Ciaran was killed in a car crash at the age of 57, while travelling to watch his son Ruairí play for Cork City Football Club.

From BBC

A report from the Resuscitation Council UK found one-in-four people survived a cardiac arrest in hospital, while the British Heart Foundation said the survival rate outside of hospital was fewer than one-in-10.

From BBC

The Brookings analysis suggests that the problem of these combined vulnerabilities, while serious, is bounded.

From The Wall Street Journal