How to Use even if in a Sentence

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  • But even if a storm like that made it to Matthew’s parents’ neighborhood, their house rests on a mound.
    Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Again here, uninterrupted access to the audio is still valuable even if the video component cannot be concurrently viewed.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Most of these objects pass by harmlessly, and the vast majority are too small to cause a global crisis even if a cosmic collision occurs, but every now and then a big one hits, to cataclysmic effect.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Dylan thinks the city is taking a big risk, even if its actions may be legally defensible, by creating the appearance of an attempt to silence discourse rather than encourage transparency.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The numbers start to numb even if the dominance does not.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • In the meantime, no one is assigned to the case, even if the defendant is in jail.
    Caleb Bedillion, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2023
  • One of the most common fights or arguments are about where the fans point and even if the fans should be on or off.
    Daniel White, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
  • And even if they’re destroyed, people would rather be in their homes than be refugees.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
  • The stars are aligning in your love life this month, even if there are no strings attached at first.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
  • The beans ground with water had a longer extraction time and a stronger brew, even if they were made with the same beans.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Dec. 2023
  • This forces schools to purchase new Chromebooks, even if the machines are still in good shape.
    Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But even if Tatum asked, Moore isn’t totally sold on the idea of reprising her role.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
  • That’s still true to a large extent, even if the number of swing voters has sharply declined since then.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But, even if your state ranked low in the listings, the experts in the WalletHub study shared that happiness is still up to you.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The unspoken rule: When in doubt, act like the men around the table, even if the company dress code requires you to wear a skirt.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But even if the capsule is pared back, Halo aims to make the experience worthy of the high price.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But even if that’s not the case, do the inflated numbers on the display count as greenwashing?
    Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • For all of these reasons, there may not be an EAA Reservoir in a hundred years, even if rare ghost orchids still bloom in the area.
    Time, 12 July 2023
  • But there is no long-range plan in place to make those fixes, and even if there were, the work would take years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • So the novelist made for a tricky subject, even if Morris and I could never quite agree on why.
    David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Anyone who's ever been to the tournament knows the pimiento cheese sandwich isn't to be missed—even if the recipe did change a few years ago.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The money matters, even if a wide-body contract has never enabled a player to buy the other part of the dream.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 July 2024
  • With all of the cookouts going on today, most grocers will be open, even if Costco isn’t.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 July 2024
  • This explains why your flight may be delayed due to weather, even if the weather is fine at your origin point.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2024
  • And even if that didn’t happen, the law would improve jail conditions — at least somewhat.
    Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023
  • At least production should remain steady, even if prices don’t.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Those who had some peaceful demands, even if they had been arrested, they were freed.
    NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The best-selling Amazon product won’t take up too much space either, even if your friend lives in a small, cozy apartment.
    Renee Cherry, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Fortunately, both Apple and Google have services that will ring the phone at full volume even if the ringer is turned off.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Share the joy with your traveling partners, even if the little ones aren't quite old enough to do with the actual planning.
    Christine Sarkis, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024

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