despite the fact

Example Sentences

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And despite the fact the festival site is in Leicestershire, sat nav users will need to use a Derby postcode to find it.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If he put forth that effort in every game he could be an NBA starter, and maybe an All-Star, despite the fact his offensive game is limited to lobs and put-backs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

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

Frank’s old centurion badge was pinned to his shirt, despite the fact that the demigods of the Argo II were now Public Enemies Numbers 1 through 7 back at Camp Jupiter.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan