even if
idiom
—used to stress that something will happen despite something else that might prevent it
I'm going to the party even if it rains.
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Giving her a gift card to a grocery store is likely to go over better, Givi says, even if the dollar amount is the same.
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
From early renderings of flying machines to anatomical drawings of the circulatory system, da Vinci never stopped learning, even if the world wasn’t quite ready for his observations.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Shulman hopes some agreement can be reached about the use of training data, but also thinks artists should be more worried about models that can eventually reproduce their voices even if they’re not trained on them — something Suno doesn’t allow, since artists’ names are prohibited from prompts.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
In general, athletes, teams, leagues and reporters have shown a consistent willingness to post wherever their fans are, even if those places are owned by Musk, face a ban for political reasons, or have been sued for allegedly damaging teenagers’ mental health.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
From early renderings of flying machines to anatomical drawings of the circulatory system, da Vinci never stopped learning, even if the world wasn’t quite ready for his observations.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Shulman hopes some agreement can be reached about the use of training data, but also thinks artists should be more worried about models that can eventually reproduce their voices even if they’re not trained on them — something Suno doesn’t allow, since artists’ names are prohibited from prompts.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
In general, athletes, teams, leagues and reporters have shown a consistent willingness to post wherever their fans are, even if those places are owned by Musk, face a ban for political reasons, or have been sued for allegedly damaging teenagers’ mental health.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Even if.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even%20if. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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