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Notwithstanding other provisions of this contract, employee may be fired immediately if there is any material misrepresentation on employee's résumé or job application.notwithstanding = in spite of (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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My fear notwithstanding, I want to try parachuting from an airplane.notwithstanding = in spite of the thing mentioned (In this case, my fear. My fear does not withstand my desire to try parachuting. My desire is stronger than my fear.) (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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Notwithstanding my fear, I want to try parachuting from an airplane.notwithstanding = in spite of (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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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
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Your outrage notwithstanding, you still need to prove the parents are deceased. (source)notwithstanding = in spite of (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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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
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Philip, notwithstanding his hidden stores of wisdom, listened meekly. (source)notwithstanding = in spite of; or in spite of the thing just mentioned (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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[After Scrooge was rude] His nephew left the room without an angry word, notwithstanding. (source)notwithstanding = despite what just happened
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Notwithstanding the poor condition of our plantation cabin, we were at all times sure of pure air. (source)Notwithstanding = in spite of; or in spite of the thing just mentioned (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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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
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"I'm sure Watney can stretch the food to last four extra days, malnutrition notwithstanding," Teddy said, looking to Dr. Keller.† (source)notwithstanding = in spite of; or in spite of the thing just mentioned (used to connect contrasting ideas)
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Family skeletons notwithstanding, does Skeeter deny the brilliance that led to Dumbledore's many magical discoveries?† (source)
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To New Hampshire natives, the state university— notwithstanding how basically solid an education it offered—was not exotic; to Gravesend Academy students, with their elitist eyes on the Ivy League schools, it was "a cow college," wholly beyond redemption.† (source)
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Mr. Dell Duke wasn't friend material because he was the wrong age and, female lemurs notwithstanding, we appeared to have absolutely nothing in common.† (source)
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Notwithstanding she shall be saved by childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.† (source)
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Nadia took the food from him and put it in her oven so that it might remain insulated and warm—but this precaution notwithstanding, their dinner would be cold when finally eaten, lying there disregarded until dawn.† (source)
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