yet
Usage
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Yet implies that in spite of a preceding concession, there is still a chance for a different outcome: We are going; yet (“in spite of all, some day”), we shall return. Still implies that in spite of a preceding concession, something must be considered as possible or even inevitable: We have to go on foot; still (“it is probable and possible that”), we'll get there. Nevertheless implies a concession that should not be forgotten in making a summing up: We are going; nevertheless (“do not forget that”), we shall return. But marks an opposition or contrast, though in a casual way: We are going, but we shall return. However indicates a less marked opposition, but displays a second consideration to be compared with the first: We are going; however (“notice this also”), we shall return.
Example Sentences
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And yet it was really actually important to us that we tried to defy genre and defy categorization in that way.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
What era this is from: The movie premiered in May 1941, when World War II had started but the United States had yet to join.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
It is yet to be fixed - and her neighbours are going through similar ordeals with rats.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“Yet the current pace of loss realisation suggests this structural flush isn’t yet complete.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
And yet, I thought, they are all my sisters.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
