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What does but then mean?

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Conjunction
  1. (idiomatic) then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible.
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In December she was finally put on the wait list, but then developed a lung infection that led to pneumonia.
The anger still lingered even now, but then the shock had been such that she gave birth before her time.
He was Lord Privy Seal in 1919-21, but then resigned, owing to ill health and a general weariness of office.
That goal was the difference between the sides at the break but then Ballina played their trump card.
On the one hand it reminds you of the idea of action painting but then it's also concentration on the material for itself.
I thought it was a squirrel at first glance, but then wambengers kind of do look similar to squirrels.

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