As is often the case, the fact that something is cheap doesn’t _____ mean it’s of low quality.

---I think the company may not offer you a good pay.---_______, I won’t take the job.

Nobody could believe what Chloe says because she is ______ changing her mind.

 The higher the birds flew, _______ we could see them.

I’m definitely going to settle in the countryside when I retire. All the words have a similar meaning with the underlined word, Except ______.