How to Use even as in a Sentence

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Definition of even asnext
  • That part of the plan has not changed even as EV sales growth has dampened in the US market.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • But the problem is growing even as leaders try to solve it.
    — USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • These Bruins aren’t even as talented as the Bruins who played in the Sweet 16 in each of the last two years.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The crisis spiraled, even as France killed more and more fighters.
    — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • The agency has said that staffing levels are at a 25-year low even as the number of U.S. retirees grows.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • And even as an adult, MacLaine is still very much a big sister to her little brother.
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The idea enjoyed a resurgence with a series of books and films in the late 1990s even as it was dismissed as junk science.
    — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2023
  • That's even as prices have retreated to pre-war levels.
    — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But even as the country relaxes just a bit, it's been quite a week in politics.
    — ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The agency has dragged its feet on the issue, even as seats have moved closer together.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • The thoroughfare is much in need of TLC, even as it is beloved, in its own way, by longtime residents.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • That message has stuck even as the Fed penciled in three rate cuts next year — causing the markets to start popping the champagne.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • As June draws to a close, yields on junk bonds are on pace to hold roughly steady in the second quarter even as Treasury debt has sold off.
    — Matt Grossman, WSJ, 20 June 2023
  • There are so many people that just do not understand satire, even as a concept.
    — Juan Barquin, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
  • But even as some call for a new election – which would be Israel’s sixth in just four years – many are not prepared to ditch Netanyahu.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Asher treats him as an old friend, even as Dougie seems mostly dismissive of him.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • With nine council members, a couple or even as many as four no votes would not tank Woodfin’s budget.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | [email protected], al, 27 June 2023
  • In 2023, demand started to slide even as more planes and pilots started to come online.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Yelich said that even as the player with the highest active batting average off the 35-year-old in all of baseball.
    — Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2023
  • That narrative has just stuck around, even as the data have just gone completely the other way.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • All such work, though, will need to be conducted even as a major source of mental health care funding is in flux due to the passage of Prop. 1.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At some places the child’s little prints disappear even as the woman’s broaden in the mud under the burden of the youngster’s extra weight.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The noise, though, washing down from the Curva Sud even as the thing Milan had dreaded most of all slowly came into being, will echo for some time.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Swift's early country music resonated with her and she's been a fan since, even as the singer moved to other genres.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
  • The Orioles seem to be willing to give him that opportunity, even as Ortiz is pounding on the door at Triple-A.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The couple tries to abide by their marital vows, even as there appears to be no real road to the normality Nick craves.
    — Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • The weekend brings one additional strong surge of Arctic air even as skies turn sunnier.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Their links are revealed over time, even as the dreamers remain in the dark as to their own interconnectedness.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 May 2024
  • Polls show a toss-up race with Pennsylvania, the biggest of the seven battleground states, nearly even as well.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Because those actions can boost inflation, long-term rates are under pressure even as the Fed lowers short-term rates.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024

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