still
Usage
What are other ways to say still?
Still implies that in spite of a preceding concession, something must be considered as possible or even inevitable: We have to go on foot; still (“it is probable and possible that”), we'll get there. Yet implies that in spite of a preceding concession, there is still a chance for a different outcome: We are going; yet (“in spite of all, some day”), we shall return. Nevertheless implies a concession that should not be forgotten in making a summing up: We are going; nevertheless (“do not forget that”), we shall return. But marks an opposition or contrast, though in a casual way: We are going, but we shall return. However indicates a less marked opposition, but displays a second consideration to be compared with the first: We are going; however (“notice this also”), we shall return.
Example Sentences
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Both figures are still records 32 years later.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
"Families up and down the country are still feeling the pressure of the cost of living and no-one should have to choose between paying their bills and looking after their teeth," a spokesman adds.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
In the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for example, Argentina lost to big underdog Saudi Arabia in the group stage — but it still went on to win the World Cup for the third time.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Get this—even if a company lays off or relocates a worker to another state, the health plan would still have to pay the tax.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Even confronted with that, there are still doctors in the audience who don't believe that the tamping iron went through Phineas's brain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing still
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