Definition of "buts" []

• Plural form of but. (noun)

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• "But -- and in this economic cycle there have been frequent "buts" -- challenges remain."
• "John Brown comes with "buts" - but in that he has plenty of company."
• "Of course, there are "ifs" "ands" and "buts" -- the science of predicting exactly how long it takes to swap a disc in a limited population (remember the discussion of genetic drift earlier?) can still be improved, and there are other random factors."