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ʰwaɪlst, waɪlstwhilst
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Wiktionary
whilst(Conjunction)
While, at the same time.
Etymology: From . Cognate with wylst. More at whiles.
Webster Dictionary
Whilst(adverb)
while
Etymology: [From Whiles; cf. Amongst.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'whilst' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1808
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Rank popularity for the word 'whilst' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1931
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whilst in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whilst in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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Whilst we welcome the fact that the sentence imposed today allows her to go home, we strongly contest the conviction and the fight for her innocence will go on regardless, we say and will maintain that this young girl was stripped both of her dignity and her basic human rights.
We see 65p as a good compromise price, allowing Premier's management to highlight the extra value it has extracted from McCormick, whilst also offering shareholders the opportunity of a cash exit today at a reasonably full EBITDA (core earnings) valuation.
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those entrusted with it should be kept in dependence on the people, by a short duration of their appointments; and, that, even during this short period, the trust should be placed not in a few, but in a number of hands. Stability, on the contrary, requires, that the hands, in which power is lodged, should continue for a length of time, the same. A frequent change of men will result from a frequent return of electors, and a frequent change of measures, from a frequent change of men; whilst energy in Government requires not only a certain duration of power, but the execution of it by a single hand.
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from the mind, whilst moral discords and nervous horrors sear the soul.
Because of the crisis in Ukraine the system is breaking down and there is a shortage of antiretroviral drugs. They cost money, they are expensive and whilst the international community is there to support, it is probably not enough.
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