But then
But then adverb - (contrastive) from another point of view.
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On the one hand is an antonym for but then.
On the one hand
On the one hand adverb - From one point of view.
Usage example: on the one hand, she is a gifted chemist
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But then is an antonym for on the one hand.
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On the one hand, he can easily escape the building, but then he would be arrested for violating parole and would be unable to be with Wilson before he succumbs to his cancer.
Source: Series / House -
On the one hand, Dybbuk is correctly described as a soul of a deceased person looking for a chance to live by taking another 'host' but then it is given daemonic properties.
Source: Film / The Possession - On the one hand, Dagger gets better, so perhaps a subversion, but then again, Death Is Cheap, so maybe the resurrection doesn't undermine the trope, since such things are so common they're almost a given.
Source: Comicbook / Maximum Carnage
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