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even now (or then)1Now (or then) as well as before: even now, after all these years, it upsets me...- But I couldn't, not for long moments, and even then I had to clear my throat and scramble up from the couch.
- But even then the difference is likely to be small and the chances of accurately predicting it in advance are non-existent.
- We have to wear socks, only socks, until like late December, and even then it isn't cold.
2In spite of what has (or had) happened: even then he never raised his voice to me...- And even then, it's likely that many questions and suspicions will remain.
- It took him a moment to realize who she was; even then, he couldn't believe it was her.
- Of course, even then I'm reasonably sure he'd still pick up the border states.
3At this (or that) very moment: very likely you are even now picking up the telephone to ring...- He'd always stood straight, a lawyer's trick he'd picked up, and even now, he did so.
- I ventured that science, research and technology are the only things which will get us out of the hole we're very likely digging even now.
- Scotland bowlers will head indoors this weekend for what even now looks likely to be a winter of discontent.
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