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but for

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  1. Except for, were it not for. For example, But for the afternoon shower, it was a perfect day, or But for the children, they would have gotten a divorce long ago. [c. 1200]

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I pride myself on being a practical woman; but--for that reason perhaps--I'm unused to grappling with emotional situations.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

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