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however as in: However, complications may...
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Most college application deadlines are in January and February. However, early admission deadlines are around November and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
however = despite that (a transition word use to connect contrasting ideas)
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I hope to take the ACT just once. However, I will take it early, so there is time to study and take it again if my scores aren't high enough.
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Most college application deadlines are in January and February. Early admission deadlines, however, are around November, and some scholarships require even earlier deadlines.
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However, I'm available and willing to represent Starr on my own. (source)However = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
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Once, however, I was able to enjoy a book left in my domain by one of my keepers. (source)however = a word used to connect contrasting ideas as when using though, in spite of that, in contrast, nevertheless, etc.
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However, there wasn't time to wonder, for at that moment someone knocked at the door. (source)However = but
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However, Dana had remained stubbornly uncooperative, and his statements were confusing. (source)However = but (a word used to connect contrasting ideas)
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However, I did spot a familiar family photo on the living room wall. (source)However = but (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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Ron shook his head, wide-eyed. Hermione, however, clapped a hand to her forehead. (source)however = in contrast (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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It was too late. ... What worried him the most, however, wasn't that it was too late. (source)however = though (or another expression that connects contrasting ideas)
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I am, however, with Isaac, who seems to be decompensating. (source)however = though (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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He liked Carthage. ... That spring, however, McCandless's sights were fixed unflinchingly on Alaska. (source)
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I do, however, try to enjoy every color I see—the whole spectrum. (source)
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Four, however, crouches and presses his back to the metal support, breathing heavily. (source)
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however as in: However much she tried...
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However hard he tried; he couldn't do it.
however = no matter how
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However safe we make it, there will always be risk.
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At least here, I have a chance, however small, to become more than what I was. (source)however = regardless of how
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One thing I knew for sure: however much I missed Grans, Mom must have missed her more. (source)
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The animals, however exotic, would fundamentally behave like animals in zoos anywhere. (source)however = regardless of how
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It strengthens his resolve to go on another day, and another day, for a thousand days, for however long it takes for them to live by his words to Gita: "To be free to make love wherever, whenever we want to."† (source)however long = whatever length of time
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But he made a terrible soldier, however many men he could bleed. (source)however = regardless of how
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But however long it takes, your major Legacy will be the last to develop.† (source)however long = whatever length of time
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Walking through the X-ray machine marked the first time I'd taken a step without oxygen in some months, and it felt pretty amazing to walk unencumbered like that, stepping across the Rubicon, the machine's silence acknowledging that I was, however briefly, a nonmetallicized creature. (source)however = regardless of how
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At first —" he deliberated several moments over another piece of veneer, then put it in the maybe pile—"at first he told me I'd have to take a year off—four years, five, however long it took—and earn the rest of my college money the hard way.† (source)however long = whatever length of time
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Nothing seemed to give Colin a bigger thrill than to say, "All right, Harry?" six or seven times a day and hear, "Hello, Colin," back, however exasperated Harry sounded when he said it. (source)however = regardless of how
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The rector assured Owen that the church had a long tradition of not singing every verse of each hymn or carol, but somehow Owen made us feel that the tradition of the church—however long—was on less sure footing than the written word.† (source)however long = whatever length of time
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I was forced to acknowledge that volition alone, however powerful, was not going to get me up the north wall. (source)however = regardless of how
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We'll know these answers when we find those who can tell us, those who've possessed knowledge for centuries, for however long creatures such as ourselves have walked the earth.† (source)however long = whatever length of time
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however as in: However you do it, get it done!
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However we do it, someone is going to be unhappy.
however = in whatever way
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However we get there, the main thing is to be absolutely sure we're not late.however = whatever way
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However she had told herself this would go, it was not like this. (source)However = in whatever way
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In the OASIS, you could create your own private planet, build a virtual mansion on it, furnish and decorate it however you liked, and invite a few thousand friends over for a party. (source)
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Somehow he would have to get into the tail, inside the plane, rip or cut his way in, and however he did it he would need an operating base of some kind. (source)however = in whatever way
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But however I chose to remember it, that event would change everything. (source)
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Their communication, however they do it, is instantaneous. (source)
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My mother had written to family and friends, asking them to help her however they could. (source)
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Whether they are destroyed individually or in groups, or however it is done, with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons, drowning, decapitation, or what, dispose of them as the situation dictates …. (source)
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Do I have some notion of leaving a signature, after all? After all I've done to avoid it, Iris, her mark, however truncated: initials chalked on the sidewalk, or a pirate's X on the map, revealing the beach where the treasure was buried. (source)
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Never again would he walk Nevsky Prospekt, however they chose to rename it, without feeling an unbearable sense of loss. (source)
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Her knowledge went much deeper, however: She instinctively understood the questions I didn't even know to ask, and she always encouraged me to seek opportunities that I didn't know existed. (source)
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One thought stuck in her mind: However it had happened, it was her fault. (source)
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However I took them in, I had to try not to force them out on other people, especially Maxon. (source)
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