Whilst

Whilst is synonymous with while in standard British English and Australian English; in American English, it can be considered pretentious or archaic.

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Her press releases informed that the geyser was a "temporary public artwork" by Clement Price-Thomas, titled Whilst you're Sleeping.

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"Whilst" is right up there with "bloody" on the Anglicisms that sound inherently false on American lips, no matter what the context.

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MCV, the answers to his questions repeatedly starting with "Whilst" would have likely tipped us off to the Britishness of the feature and all involved.

Joystiq 2010

MCV, the answers to his questions repeatedly starting with "Whilst" would have likely tipped us off to the Britishness of the feature and all involved.

Joystiq 2010

MCV, the answers to his questions repeatedly starting with "Whilst" would have likely tipped us off to the Britishness of the feature and all involved.

Joystiq [Nintendo] 2010

"Whilst," he cried, "I was serving in the field and whilst I was trying to restore my desolated home, I paid in interest an amount equal to many times the principal, but as the fresh interest always exceeded my capital, I was buried beneath the load of debt.

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"Whilst," he qualified once more, "I'm a-goin 'on this hyar yerrand

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Whilst Hamas has discipline amongst its ranks and legions of young men to recruit, its projection of power amounts to homemade firepower: Rockets that have undeniably negative and counterproductive consequences and rockets that Israel has also to recognize will never go away, at least as long as Gaza remains isolated and occupied from without.

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Whilst many of the smaller property and construction firms would have been affected in 2008 during the early stages of the downturn, the sector still remains the largest to be hit by the market slow down, accounting for one in five administrations in 2010, Deloitte said.

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