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leaving aside

ADVERB
regardless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway nevertheless
WEAK
against although aside from at any cost but come what may despite distinct from for all that in any case in spite of everything no matter what nonetheless notwithstanding without considering without regard to
Antonyms
WEAK
irregardless
PREPOSITION
exclusive of
Synonyms
WEAK
aside from bar barring bating besides but debarring excepting excluding not counting omitting outside of restricting ruling out save
Antonyms
WEAK
inclusive of

Example Sentences

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If you gift your daughter the house — leaving aside the debate over using “gift” as an adjective — your daughter would lose her step-up in basis.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

At one point, I asked how the programmers went about selecting the 183,000 books and leaving aside all the other books.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2023

"I don't expect much of a change, leaving aside all of the stuff going on with the outgoing CEO," Patterson said.

From Reuters • Feb. 28, 2023

Even leaving aside these more theoretical underpinnings, the works are visually compelling, brimming with rich textures and fantastical landscapes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2021

The lawyer has no right whatever to fasten his pronunciation upon us: even leaving aside the general custom, he cannot prove himself right, and is probably wrong.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene