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adverb

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

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But despite this difficult terrain, it has been a boom time for American playwriting.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

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

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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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