despite
Example Sentences
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Nudibranchs, despite their small size, play an important role in marine ecosystems.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
And his advice for the millions of people who will pick up the FPL app again next season, despite promising themselves they wouldn't do it to themselves again?
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Plus, the Middle East cease-fire holds despite skirmishes, and the U.S. races to open an Ebola quarantine center in Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
They are adorable despite their quirky physique—square in the front, round in the back—or maybe because of it.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
And despite Babs calling my name, calling out after me, I don’t turn around.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Vocabulary lists containing despite
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