nevertheless
adverb
nev·er·the·less
ˌne-vər-t͟hə-ˈles 
: in spite of that : however
her childish but nevertheless real delight—
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Examples of nevertheless in a Sentence
I am, nevertheless, a multicellular organism of reasonably complex structure …
—Natalie Angier, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2007
Nevertheless, resistance to equal opportunities and fair pay for female athletes remained strong.
—Christopher Hitchens, New York Times Book Review, 21 Aug. 2005
Instead, I drew a series of circles around myself, with borders that shifted as time passed and faces changed but that nevertheless offered the illusion of control. An inner circle, where love was constant and claims unquestioned.
—Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father, 1995
She was filled with emotions that were utterly ridiculous, that she despised, yet that nevertheless she was feeling so strongly she could not shake them off.
—Doris Lessing, The Story and Its Writer, 1987
Her date was a bit of a slob, but she had fun nevertheless.
It was a predictable, but nevertheless funny, story.
Natalie Angier, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2007
Nevertheless, resistance to equal opportunities and fair pay for female athletes remained strong.
—Christopher Hitchens, New York Times Book Review, 21 Aug. 2005
Instead, I drew a series of circles around myself, with borders that shifted as time passed and faces changed but that nevertheless offered the illusion of control. An inner circle, where love was constant and claims unquestioned.
—Barack Obama, Dreams From My Father, 1995
She was filled with emotions that were utterly ridiculous, that she despised, yet that nevertheless she was feeling so strongly she could not shake them off.
—Doris Lessing, The Story and Its Writer, 1987
Her date was a bit of a slob, but she had fun nevertheless.
It was a predictable, but nevertheless funny, story.
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My goal here is simply to explain how, in the absence of the GPO, public sector employees who did not participate in Social Security can nevertheless receive substantial benefit windfalls from the program.
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—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The two countries should nevertheless back the text, according to a diplomatic source.
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Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 15 Jan. 2025
My goal here is simply to explain how, in the absence of the GPO, public sector employees who did not participate in Social Security can nevertheless receive substantial benefit windfalls from the program.
—Andrew Biggs, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The new transitional leadership has not laid out a clear vision of how the country will be governed, and the main group behind the offensive remains designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., which nevertheless has begun making direct contact with it.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The two countries should nevertheless back the text, according to a diplomatic source.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Dec. 2024
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nevertheless
adverb
nev·er·the·less
ˌnev-ər-t͟hə-ˈles
: in spite of that : however
a tiring but nevertheless enjoyable day
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