1
as in forever
yet another time
now I have to mop the floor again because you didn't wipe your feet
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2
as in then
in addition to what has been said
a green pillow will go fine with my living room; again, the best colors are blues and greens
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3
as in conversely
just the opposite being true
I might take swimming lessons this summer; then again, I might not
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Related Articles Since then, as men returned to work and started to dress up again, the company rebounded enough to open a showroom and office in SoHo as well as a store on Fifth Avenue.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
And that's, again, part of this larger push, especially from his base, on items like this.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
However, nearly a full year after Sweeney and Powell joked about the drama on Saturday Night Live, their names are back-to-back in headlines once again.
—Glamour, 30 Mar. 2025
The Team Penske star and recent series champion has a trio of Did Not Finishes, keeping him 10th in the standings, but make no mistake about it: The No. 12 car is among the most dominant in the sport once again.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
And that's, again, part of this larger push, especially from his base, on items like this.
—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
However, nearly a full year after Sweeney and Powell joked about the drama on Saturday Night Live, their names are back-to-back in headlines once again.
—Glamour, 30 Mar. 2025
The Team Penske star and recent series champion has a trio of Did Not Finishes, keeping him 10th in the standings, but make no mistake about it: The No. 12 car is among the most dominant in the sport once again.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2025
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The children whose lives were changed forever by the bombing were different ages with various backgrounds.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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But the facility wasn’t up to snuff for NASCAR to return in 2014 — a product of the facility getting worse with time — and at that point, the racing seemed forever lost.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Just five years ago, an editor in Los Angeles might cut footage, export a heavy file to a hard drive, then ship it overnight to a director in New York.—
Allison Begalman,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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Is this going to be a pope then that engages politically differently?—
Nia Dumas,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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White dwarfs, conversely, are the cosmic corpses of smaller stars with masses more in line with that of the sun.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Books like those by Louis and Ernaux, conversely, avoid this trap, Larson and Quart argue.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Sai was a victim of her super aggressive gameplay that left other players constantly on edge.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Just leave your inability to suspend biblical amounts of disbelief at the door, and prepare to experience the absolute bone-chilling horror that is a constantly pinging smartphone.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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It wasn’t named in the companion antitrust cases of Hubbard or Carter, either.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The White House was asked, but didn’t address that either.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The 15-hour shift is officially over for the staff at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Some Taiwanese have sought a Chinese ID card to make living and working in China easier, but the days of divided loyalties are over, according to Taiwan’s government.—
Eryk Michael Smith,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Harvard must also commit to cooperating in good faith with law enforcement.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Paramount is also awaiting FCC approval of a merger with Skydance, a deal the companies reached last year that remains pending.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Even if their relationships are toxic, to begin anew is scary.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Although some residents are leaving to start anew, others are choosing to stay and rebuild their lives.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Again.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/again. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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