Both Uses
notwithstanding
in
Atlas Shrugged
(Auto-generated)
- She stared in astonishment at a paragraph in a syndicated column from New York, which stated over emphatically that Mr. James Taggart wished it to be known that his sister had died in an airplane crash, any unpatriotic rumors to the contrary notwithstanding.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- They proclaim that every man born is entitled to exist without labor and, the laws of reality to the contrary notwithstanding, is entitled to receive his 'minimum sustenance'—his food, his clothes, his shelter-with no effort on his part, as his due and his birthright.†
Chpt 3.7
Definitions:
-
(1)
(notwithstanding) used to show that something remains true even though something else seems to go against itMost commonly, you can substitute "in spite of" for notwithstanding. But see the first exemplary sample sentences for other common word substitutions.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)