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adverb

  • Nevertheless; in spite of the previously mentioned fact or circumstance.

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Yet, despite this occasional datedness, “Love and Death in the American Novel” remains wonderfully alive, being iconoclastic, polemical, exhilarating and, not least, fun to read.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Yet despite this hope, Kiribati and its territorial waters face an existential threat from climate change.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

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  • even with that
  • but still

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  • because of this
  • which is why
  • that being the reason
  • so then

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