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English word

whereas

B2Academic AWL-5Frequent NGSL-2
UK /ˌweərˈæz/US /ˌwerˈæz/
conjunction

used to compare or contrast two facts

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Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of Alibaba | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management
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In China, overall consumption is slightly over 50%, whereas the developed markets' consumption is over 70% of the total economy.

Joe Tsai Co-founder & Chair of Alibaba

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Whereas with Falcon 9, we still need to do some amount of refurbishment to the booster and to the fairing nose cone.

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