still and all

Definition of still and allnext
as in however
in spite of that she's none too enthusiastic about the project; still and all, she seems willing to cooperate

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Adverb
  • That season, however, there was only a one-week break between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, depriving the league of its normal buffer zone.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps more significantly, however, is that the same logic will apply to all other cases where the DOE has attempted to force plants to stay open.
    John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Hassan Saboula, director of Jawf's civil defense agency, said a child was among the 23 killed Monday and that rescue teams were still searching for seven missing from the attack.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Coal, which still supplies about 53% of China's energy mix by Wang's estimate, acted as a crucial shock absorber, allowing the economy to substitute away from oil when prices spiked.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The German government nevertheless said Friday that the country faces a persistent hybrid threat.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Shares nevertheless sold off on profit-taking, leaving Palo Alto as the portfolio's worst performer last week, losing more than 10%.
    Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Ancelotti, though, could have spent the past four weeks in Europe and still barely caught a glance of Estevao Willian, Brazil’s would-be attacking talisman.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • At another point, though, a lady asks -- perhaps a bit too flippantly -- what's so special about Ten House.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But there is nonetheless angst from fans about waiting this whole time simply to name an interim GM.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Not a good ballgame, by any means, but a ballgame nonetheless.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Still and all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20and%20all. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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