Sentence examples for the but from inspiring English sources

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the but

conjunction

Except (for), excluding. Preceded by a negation.

  • I have no choice but to leave.

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Then came the "but".

But here's the "but".

So here's the "but".

And then comes the "but".

That represents remarkable progress.Here comes the "but".

The "but" varies from conversation to conversation.

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"Every program goes through the but-for test: But for this financing, this project wouldn't exist".

Ethical rules are hard to lay down because of the "but-what-if" factor.

Call it the the But-Enough-About-You Ploy, or simply the Strauss Strategem: Thinner, thinner!

But firm size is still generating return for shareholders in that case, relative to the but-for world.

Yet the but-for test seems to yield the conclusion that neither has caused the harm.

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