in spite of

Example Sentences

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The Trojans’ defense certainly didn’t help matters, in spite of assurances that it had ironed out its issues over three standout, second-half performances.

From Los Angeles Times

France's third-biggest listed bank, missed market expectations on quarterly sales on Friday, as a slump of its French retail added to earnings woes in spite of the resilient performance of its investment bank division.

From Reuters

Trump threatening to come back has made me more committed to the Democratic Party, in spite of the anti-free speech approach the Democrats are taking towards Palestinian voices, like mine.

From BBC

"Remarkably, the bilinguals really divide up the space much more than the monolinguals, in spite of the fact that they're still primarily Tsimane' speakers," Gibson says.

From Science Daily

“In spite of the uncertainty in the economy and the challenges households are facing, we’ve seen strength and resilience across the consumer sector.”

From New York Times