despite
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This effort succeeded, Glass said, despite the exhibit’s candor about the darker elements of the nation’s military history.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nagy's team contributed analytical capabilities that helped the researchers determine how the cells were still obtaining cysteine from cystine despite lacking a working disulfide reductase system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Yet despite fighting "like mad", he was unable to regain his fitness levels.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Yields have continued their climb despite the Treasury Department’s efforts to stem them by repurchasing the government’s own bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But despite all that, all I could manage to do was stand there, reeling at what this meant.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing despite
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