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whereas

[hwair-, wair-az] / ʰwɛər-, wɛərˈæz /


CONJUNCTION
when in fact
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She believes younger people are embracing cat walking because they see it on social media whereas older people "can be a little bit more set in 'dogs go for walks and cats don't'".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

"Normally, it's kind of a handful of countries, whereas it's only been one so far this time."

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Similarly, unemployment tends to rise with greater uncertainty, whereas consumption and investment tend to fall.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The Pfizer-Valneva vaccine is different from Lymerix in that it protects against six strains of the disease, whereas Lymerix protected against only one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The females are reared to become the next generation of dairy cows, whereas the males are handed over to the care of the meat industry.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari