| Alternative introducer |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2025 |
| Texter's "Or ... " |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2025 |
| "That said...," initially |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Texter's "However . . ." |
USA Today |
22 Aug 2025 |
| Texter's "however..." |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2025 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Aug 2025 |
| "That said," in texts |
Universal |
01 Aug 2025 |
| Conversational pivot, in a text |
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| Texter's equivocation |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Texter's "That being said . . ." |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2025 |
| Second-opinion introducer |
Newsday |
03 Jul 2025 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Texter's "Then again..." |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2025 |
| "Conversely," in a text |
Wall Street Journal |
31 May 2025 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2025 |
| Conversely, quickly |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Texter's "Then again..." |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2025 |
| "Then again," in texts |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2025 |
| "That being said," in a text |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2025 |
| "Alternatively ..." in a text |
Universal |
17 Apr 2025 |
| "However," in a 16-Down |
Universal |
28 Mar 2025 |
| Brief "However" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Flip side intro, in a tweet |
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| "if u put it that way, however ..." |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2025 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Texting abbr. hidden in "zero to hero" |
Universal |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Texter's "Then again..." |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2025 |
| Texter's "Then again ..." |
Universal |
26 Jan 2025 |
| Alternatively briefly |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Texter's segue |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Texter's "Having said that..." |
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| Texter's "However ..." |
Universal |
09 Jan 2025 |
| "The other argument is ...," in texts |
|
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| Texter's hedge |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2024 |
| "However . . .." in text |
|
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| "However . . .," in a text |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2024 |
| "Then again," in texts |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2024 |
| "Then again," in a text |
Universal |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Conversely, in a text |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Texter's "Then again . . ." |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2024 |
| "Then again …," in a text |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2024 |
| Texter's "However ..." |
Universal |
29 Sep 2024 |
| "However …," in texts |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2024 |
| "Then again..." via text |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2024 |
| "Conversely …," in a text |
New York Times |
07 Aug 2024 |
| "Then again...," in texts |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2024 |
| "Then again," in a text |
Universal |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Texter's "However ..." |
Universal |
19 Jul 2024 |
| "But...," as an Internet acronym |
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| Texter's "However..." |
Newsday |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Texter's "However . . ." |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2024 |
| Conversely, briefly |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2024 |
| "And yet . . ." in a text |
USA Today |
21 May 2024 |
| "Then again ...," in text messages |
New York Times |
19 May 2024 |
| "Looking at it a different way," for short |
|
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| "But then again …," to a texter |
New York Times |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Short hedge? |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Texter's "That being said . . ." |
USA Today |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Alternatively, in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Alternative introducer |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2024 |
| Short "And yet ... " |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2024 |
| "Contrariwise..." in a text |
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| "However . . .," in a text |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2023 |
| Brief "However" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2023 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Texter's "But ... " |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2023 |
| 'But then again ...,' in a text |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2023 |
| However, in a text |
Universal |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Texter's "Conversely ..." |
Universal |
28 Jul 2023 |
| "Then again," in a text |
Universal |
24 Jul 2023 |
| "Conversely," to a texter |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Texter's acknowledgment of a different take |
Universal |
29 Jun 2023 |
| Letters before a fresh take |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jun 2023 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 May 2023 |
| Texter's 'Then again ...' |
New York Times |
08 May 2023 |
| Texter's 'Then again ?' |
New York Times |
08 May 2023 |
| 'However,' in a text |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2023 |
| 'And yet ?' in a text |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Short "And yet ... " |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2023 |
| Texter's rebuttal |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2023 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Mar 2023 |
| Conversely, in a text |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2023 |
| "However," to a texter |
Universal |
12 Feb 2023 |
| Brief "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Texter's "But ... " |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2023 |
| 'But at the same time . . .' for short |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2023 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Texter's "however" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2022 |
| Texter's "Although ... " |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2022 |
| Texter's 'alternatively' |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2022 |
| 'Then again ...,' in a tweet |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2022 |
| Brief "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Short "And yet ... " |
LA Times Daily |
09 Sep 2022 |
| Text-writer's segue |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2022 |
| "Then again," in tweets |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2022 |
| Texter's ''Then again . . .'' |
Newsday |
15 May 2022 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2022 |
| Texter's "But ... " |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Texter's 'But ... ' |
The Washington Post |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Short ''Speaking of changing the subject . . .'' |
Newsday |
02 Apr 2022 |
| 'Conversely,' in texts |
The Washington Post |
29 Mar 2022 |
| "Conversely," in texts |
LA Times Daily |
29 Mar 2022 |
| "And yet," in an IM |
Universal |
08 Mar 2022 |
| 'However,' in a text |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Texter's "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2021 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2021 |
| However, in texts |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2021 |
| Alternatively, in text-speak |
Universal |
31 Oct 2021 |
| Texter's "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
31 Oct 2021 |
| "However," in textspeak |
Universal |
12 Jun 2021 |
| Texter's 'Then again ...' |
New York Times |
23 May 2021 |
| Conversely, in brief |
New York Times |
02 May 2021 |
| "Alternatively," in a text |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Texter's "Then again ..." |
Universal |
24 Mar 2021 |
| ''Then again . . .'' in tweets |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Texted lead-in to an alternative |
New York Times |
13 Feb 2021 |
| Texter's "However ..." |
Universal |
11 Feb 2021 |
| 'But then again ...,' in a text |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2020 |
| 'That said ...,' in a text |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2020 |
| 'However,' in tweets |
The Washington Post |
27 Nov 2020 |
| "However," in tweets |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Text ''Alternatively . . .'' |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Texter's transition |
New York Times |
24 Aug 2020 |
| 'Then again ...,' in texts |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Texter's "then again" |
Universal |
23 Jun 2020 |
| Texter's 'But ... ' |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Texter's "But ... " |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Texter's "Alternatively ..." |
Universal |
27 Mar 2020 |
| Texter’s “Alternatively...” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Texter's "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Texter's 'Then again ... ' |
The Washington Post |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Texting alternative? |
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| Texting alternative? |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2019 |
| 'However ...,' in texts |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2019 |
| "However ...," in texts |
|
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| 'Then again,' on Twitter |
The Washington Post |
18 Dec 2019 |
| "Then again," on Twitter |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2019 |
| Alternatively, to a texter |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2019 |
| 'However,' in tweets |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2019 |
| Texter's "however" |
Universal |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Tweeter's "conversely" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Tweeter's 'conversely' |
The Washington Post |
03 Aug 2019 |
| 'However,' in textspeak |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2019 |
| 'Alternatively ...,' in texts |
New York Times |
20 May 2019 |
| Texter's "That said ..." |
Universal |
27 Apr 2019 |
| Tweeter's 'Then again ...' |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Tweeter's "Then again ..." |
Universal |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Tweeter's "Then again ..." |
|
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| "However," in textspeak |
|
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| "However," in tweets |
|
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| Tweeter's "conversely" |
|
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| "Alternatively ...," in texts |
|
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| Texter's "however" |
|
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| Texter's "That said ..." |
|
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| Tweeter's "Then again ..." |
|
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| Texted lead-in for a devil's advocate, perhaps |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Nov 2018 |
| Alternatively, online |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Oct 2018 |
| 'Then again...' in textspeak |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2018 |
| 'Then again...' to texters |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Aug 2018 |
| ''Then again . . .'' in texts |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2018 |
| Alternatively, online |
|
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| "However," in tweets |
|
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| Texted lead-in for a devil's advocate, perhaps |
|
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| "Then again..." to texters |
|
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| Texter's transition |
|
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| "Then again ...," in texts |
|
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| "Then again..." in textspeak |
|
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| However, in a tweet |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2017 |
| 'Then again ...,' in a tweet |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2017 |
| "Alternatively . . ." to a texter |
USA Today |
28 May 2017 |
| Texter's "alternately" |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2017 |
| "Alternatively," in a tweet |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2017 |
| "However," to a texter |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2017 |
| Texter's "however" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2017 |
| 'Then again,' in tweets |
The Washington Post |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Alternatively, in texts |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2017 |
| "Then again ...," in a tweet |
|
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| However, in a tweet |
|
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| "Alternatively . . ." to a texter |
|
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| "Alternatively," in a tweet |
|
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| Texter's 'Then again ...' |
The Washington Post |
07 Dec 2016 |
| 'Then again ...,' to a texter |
New York Times |
13 Nov 2016 |
| "Then again," in tweets |
LA Times Daily |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Texter's ''Then again . . .'' |
Newsday |
01 Sep 2016 |
| Texter's "Alternatively" |
USA Today |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Texter's "alternatively" |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2016 |
| 'Then again,' in a blog comment |
The Washington Post |
14 Jul 2016 |
| 'Looking at it a different way,' in texts |
New York Times |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Texter's 'Then again, ...' |
The Washington Post |
31 May 2016 |
| However brief? |
Newsday |
21 May 2016 |
| Start of a contrarian tweet |
Newsday |
07 May 2016 |
| Texter's 'Then again ...' |
Premier Sunday |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Quick 'however' |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Texter's "Alternatively" |
|
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| Texter's 'Alternatively ...' |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2016 |
| "Then again," in tweets |
|
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| Texter's "Alternatively ..." |
|
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| Quick "however" |
|
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| "Then again ...," to a texter |
|
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| "Looking at it a different way," in texts |
|
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| Texter's "alternatively" |
|
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| Texter's 'Then again' |
The Washington Post |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Conversely, in texts |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2015 |
| "Looking at it differently," in texts |
LA Times Daily |
28 Sep 2015 |
| "Then again," in texts |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Texter's 'However ...' |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2015 |
| IMer's "Then again ... " |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Alternatively, online |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Texter's "From a different angle ..." |
LA Times Daily |
07 Apr 2015 |
| 'Looking at it differently ...,' to a texter |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2015 |
| 'Conversely ...,' online |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Texter's "That being said ..." |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2015 |
| "Conversely ...," online |
|
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| "Looking at it differently," in texts |
|
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| Texter's "However ..." |
|
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| Conversely, in texts |
|
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| Alternatively, online |
|
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| "Then again," in texts |
|
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| Internet abbr. meaning "contrarily" |
|
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| "Then again," in a blog comment |
|
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| IMer's "Then again ... " |
|
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| Texter's "From a different angle ..." |
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| Texter's "That being said ..." |
|
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| Texter's "From a different angle ..." |
|
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| "Looking at it differently ...," to a texter |
|
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| Emailer's "Then again ..." |
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| However, in a text |
|
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| Texter's equivocation |
|
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| Second-opinion introducer |
|
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| Then again, in text messages |
|
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| Online backpedaler's intro |
|
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| Texter's "Then again ..." |
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| Texter's "Then again ..." |
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| "That being said," in textspeak |
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| Contrarian's abbreviation |
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| However, on the WWW |
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| Alternatively, briefly |
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| Texter's "conversely" |
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| Texter's "From a different aspect ..." |
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| Texter's "conversely" |
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| Texter's "From a different aspect ..." |
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| 'Then again in a chat room,' |
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| Internet shortening to introduce a different view |
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| Alternatively, in Internet lingo |
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| From a different perspective, in chat room shorthand |
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| Alternatively, in cyberspace shorthand |
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| Alternatively, in cyberspace shorthand |
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| From a different perspective, in chat-room speak |
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| From a different perspective, in chat room lingo |
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| Texter's "conversely" |
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