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but
conjunction as in indicating contrast
conjunction as in indicating an exception
preposition as in indicating contrast
preposition as in indicating an exception
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And more I cannot explain/but you, from what I did not say/will infer what I do not say.
And there is always the easy-but-true charge of Hollywood hypocrisy.
Sheets of bright-but-not-too-bright blue streaked with thin clouds.
And in those conflicts, the Predator would be all-but-useless.
And we all remember good-but-overpraised songs like If I Had a Hammer and the treacly classic Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
When he first worked her she had the old bee-but boiler, 24 feet in diameter.
Till now one with sudden hiss: "But-good Christ-just look-why, the roof's leaning—!"
Our friend with his infinite variety and flexibility, we know-but can we put him in?
Eligible single gentlemen pass and repass-but there is no invitation for to inquire within or without.
And again there came to Honoria that ache of longing for the but-half-disclosed glory and fulness of life.
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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to but, such as: although, however, nevertheless, on the other hand, still, and though.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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