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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/8944
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I recently noticed I use "after all" very often. But unlike other phrases, I never seem to find a way to replace it. Some examples:

> Like the books, they hadn't moved a single inch. Erin found this strange. Even the tiniest shaking would have been enough shift their position. Aluminum was as light as feather **after all.**
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> Eri knew clearly what it was. But she couldn't make herself bring up the topic. To her, it was like a shapeless creature moving in the dark. An adversary she wanted to avoid at all cost. Because, **after all** , how could you fight something that didn't have a definite form?
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> “Now I finally see that God didn't approve our marriage. You're a Buddhist **after all** , and He clearly didn't want us to be together. Somehow I knew it all along. Yet I still decided to go against Him.
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> "I know you're worried about your mother. **After all** , this is the first time you're dealing with something like this.

How could the passages above be rewritten in order to avoid **"after all"**?

(By the way, this is 9000 word short story. And "after all" is used four times. Maybe that isn't so bad?)

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