that said

Also that be·ing said

[that sed]

idiom

1. regardless of what has just been said; nevertheless.

   The place could’ve been cleaner, and the furnishings were pretty old—that said, we had a great time and would stay there again.

Word History and Origins

Origin of that said¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

When it ran out of powdered carbon, this chip, which only had 60 bytes of memory, would flip from a program that said I am full to a program that said I’m empty.

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Plaid's annual conference on Saturday endorsed a motion that said Wales was "on a journey to independence, and that enhancing devolution could form part of that journey".

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That said, I’ve really enjoyed their 2025 season … so far.

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Hours after the arrest was announced, the Los Angeles Fire Department — which failed to pre-deploy engines despite extreme wind warnings — released its long-awaited after-action report that said firefighters were hampered by an ineffective process for recalling them back to work, as well as poor communication, inexperienced leadership, and a lack of resources.

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“If you’re visiting Northwest Arkansas and you want to know where a great place to fish is and what equipment you could get delivered to your home from Walmart to then go on that fishing trip, Sparky can help you with that,” said David Guggina, Walmart’s chief e-commerce officer in the U.S., at the company’s latest earnings call.

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