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that said

American

[that sed] / ˈðæt ˈsɛd /

Also that being said

idiom

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.

Etymology

Origin of that said

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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All that said, what most moved me about the film might’ve been the many shots of weeping teens in the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Lawyers for OpenAI showed text messages from August 2017 between Sutskever and Brockman that said: "Will a model 3 make you be willing to accept massively unfavourable terms?"

From BBC • May 5, 2026

One report came out recently that said LinkedIn is number one in terms of LLM citing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

With that said, we’ll break down how Trivariate’s Adam Parker identified his basket of stocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The one that said “Asmodeussss”? Matthias tried to put it from his mind.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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