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What does “yet” mean here?

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Rebecca

"Yet" here is used as a conjunction. You can use "yet" to introduce a fact which is rather surprising after the previous fact that is just mentioned. Ex: The sun was shining, yet it was quite cold. Ex: This is an inexpensive, yet it is an effective solution to our problem.

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