as in however
in spite of that
I really don't want to; nevertheless, I will do it because you asked me to
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Recent Examples of nevertheless
After Meta banned Cobwebs from scraping its platforms, Forbes reports ICE nevertheless spent more than $5 million on the company’s tools over time, including a recent $2 million purchase of a product called Tangles.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
And rather than focus on a few big markets, Shinedown visits smaller markets that are nevertheless filled with rock fans.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
China hawks nevertheless made progress, succeeding in adding Chinese technology firms to America’s trade blacklist and banning investment in companies with links to China’s military, among other measures.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Not exactly a pep talk, but comforting nevertheless.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
And rather than focus on a few big markets, Shinedown visits smaller markets that are nevertheless filled with rock fans.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
China hawks nevertheless made progress, succeeding in adding Chinese technology firms to America’s trade blacklist and banning investment in companies with links to China’s military, among other measures.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Not exactly a pep talk, but comforting nevertheless.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nevertheless
Adverb
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Fewer than three hours later, however, most of that throng trickled out of the stadium in disappointment after watching the Mustangs break a scoreless game at halftime en route to a 21-0 victory.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Score did, however, share a tidbit about how the book came together.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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In a statement, BusPatrol pointed out the audit’s confirmation that the procurement process used to enter into a contract with Miami-Dade schools was done according to the rules, although the audit argues the district should have nonetheless done their own due diligence.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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After the fraught delay, play resumed nonetheless.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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What Alejandro does, though, is mine that thread that connects all of these places — over their history and through its people — for what amounts to a pan-Caribbean artistic expression.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, though, in the war of words, college students tend to get the blame.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In March 2022, for reasons that still remain unclear, the truce between the Salvadoran government and MS-13 fell apart.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Families of the trapped -- who are said to be mostly teenage boys -- waited anxiously for news as rescue teams combed through twisted debris and slabs of concrete to find 38 students and workers who were still missing.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Nevertheless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nevertheless. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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