Sample Sentences for
notwithstanding
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  • The budget was approved, notwithstanding the loud protests from the opposition.
    notwithstanding = in spite of
  • Notwithstanding her lack of experience, she was chosen to lead the project.
  • Notwithstanding any prior agreement, this new contract is the sole binding document.
    notwithstanding = this overrides
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  • "OASIS chat-room encryption protocols are rock solid, I assure you." He chuckled lightly. My presence here notwithstanding.  (source)
    notwithstanding = despite what was just said
  • [After Scrooge was rude] His nephew left the room without an angry word, notwithstanding.  (source)
    notwithstanding = despite what just happened
  • Your outrage notwithstanding, you still need to prove the parents are deceased.  (source)
    notwithstanding = in spite of (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Notwithstanding the blast that had rocked the palace, the bodies splayed in all manner of death on the tables and floor, the South Dining Room was a scene of celebration.  (source)
    Notwithstanding = in spite of
  • Notwithstanding terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more) and the its hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that, for several minutes, it would accomplish.  (source)
    Notwithstanding = despite
  • In Philip, notwithstanding his shyness, he felt the possibility of a passion equal to his own.  (source)
    notwithstanding = in spite of; or in spite of the thing just mentioned (used to connect contrasting ideas)
  • Notwithstanding the poor condition of our plantation cabin, we were at all times sure of pure air.  (source)
  • His ultimate goals notwithstanding, he was clearly a terrorist mastermind of considerable skill.†  (source)
  • An even match, the track record of colored champions notwithstanding.†  (source)
  • Besides, Tom Price notwithstanding, the life I'm living is big enough for me.†  (source)
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