when
adverb, conjunction
at the same time as something else
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Happening or done at the same time
as
adverb, conjunction, preposition
used for saying that something happens at the same time as something else
even as
used for emphasizing that something is happening at exactly the same time as someone is doing or saying something else
at the same time
used for saying that two or more things happen together
all the time
used for saying that one thing happens or exists at the same time as another
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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