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lest

conjunction as in for fear that

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Lest you require a reminder, most modern scientific experiments are constructed using the scientific method.

From Slate

Doing so is a pragmatic as well as a moral necessity lest the voters’ patience and generosity run out.

It's a drum he beats repeatedly, arguing that "patriots" — meaning, of course, white men — are unwilling to serve lest they be exposed to "CRT, DEI nonsense, all the gender nonsense."

From Salon

Lest anyone think the bowling event is just a party, Trunk — who also bowls in the tournament — says some of the participants take the competition very seriously.

Our media is tuned to telling a very conventional and predictable story about the United States of America, and that story does not allow for true examinations of those things lest the media actually engage in critical self-reflection and ask really hard questions about itself and its role in these great problems.

From Salon

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