even if

idiom

—used to stress that something will happen despite something else that might prevent it

I'm going to the party even if it rains.

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That’s sure to unsettle viewers in the West, even if the filmmakers don’t explicitly invoke the similarities. —

Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025 But even if so many people are behind them, that doesn’t change the underdog feeling the Bills are trying to harness. —

Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 Irving is Irving in any place, even if Outie Irving hasn’t studied the gospels of Kier, and isn’t sure why his innie went looking for Outie Burt. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025 But by picking up a big win Thursday against a quality opponent — even if Boston needed to go to overtime to beat the short-handed Clippers on Wednesday — the Lakers sent a message upstairs about their ceiling. —

Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for even if