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whereas

[hwair-, wair-az] / ʰwɛər-, wɛərˈæz /


CONJUNCTION
when in fact
Synonyms


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She added: "All of those things now feel like they're possible, whereas this time last year they didn't."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Now the company expects $5.15 billion to $5.17 billion in revenue for this segment, whereas its prior outlook called for $5.18 billion to $5.22 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

A molecule of methane traps far more heat than carbon dioxide, but persists in the atmosphere for only seven to 12 years, whereas carbon dioxide can last for hundreds of years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Brown fat is a specialized form of body fat that helps generate heat by burning energy, whereas white fat primarily stores excess energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

And whereas the Prince spent his life in physically following the hunt, Count Rugen read and studied anything he could get his hands on dealing with the subject of Distress.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

A frivolous, meaningless declaration filled with whereases and therefores to pretend our boys in blue were winners?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

Chairman Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee drafted an eloquent joint resolution with many whereases describing the brutality of the Spanish conflict, the danger of its dragging the U. S. into war. etc., etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

After four resonant whereases, the resolution reached the two sore spots.

From Time Magazine Archive

I forgot to make any speech, but went right at the whereases at once.

From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck

Besides Philip hated the copying of pleadings, and he was certain that a life of "whereases" and "aforesaids" and whipping the devil round the stump, would be intolerable.

From The Gilded Age, Part 2. by Charles Dudley Warner


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