despite the fact

Example Sentences

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That’s despite the fact that some can handle a fuel spike better than their customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"Standard computational studies of photocatalysts typically focus on ground-state properties and neglect excited-state effects, despite the fact that photocatalysis is inherently driven by photoexcited charge carriers. Specifically, we employ many-body perturbation theory methods."

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

UCLA’s firepower proved far too much for USC — despite the fact that Bruins star center Lauren Betts scored just five points, her fewest in more than two years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

This is despite the fact that from 1990 to mid-2000s this measure was on an upward trajectory.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I’d pushed the dresser against the room’s only door and tied the window shut with a length of rope despite the fact that it was too small for a grown man to fit through.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss