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whereas

[hwair-, wair-az] / ʰwɛər-, wɛərˈæz /


CONJUNCTION
when in fact
Synonyms


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The main difference, in his opinion, was that Swiss wrestling entails maintaining a constant grip on one's opponent, whereas there is more distance between wrestlers in Senegal.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her old house had been clean, whereas this house had "dog hair, greasy things, car things".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 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

It’s also a fitting reminder that whereas horror films once appealed primarily to the imagination, they are now largely rendered in visceral terms—causing scares, to be sure, but without stimulating the mind much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

I hadn’t thought about it much, but in the arena at least some of the boys got to keep their body hair whereas none of the girls did.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

However, after they get through with their whereases they face the music squarely, and certify to “the condition of general and complete peace.”

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount

There were a great many "herebys" and "whereases" and "agreements" in it.

From The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill


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