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adverb

nonetheless

CEFR B1

despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with nonetheless, each labelled with its topic.

  • The trial enrolled only forty patients; nonetheless, the effect was large enough that three larger labs repeated it.

    Medicine

  • Interest rates rose twice that quarter; the housing market nonetheless kept climbing, which puzzled every analyst on the desk.

    Finance

  • He tore a hamstring in March and nonetheless finished the autumn marathon, running the last six miles at walking pace.

    Fitness

  • The argument has a gap in its second premise; nonetheless, philosophers have spent three centuries trying to repair it.

    Philosophy

  • The prototype crashed twice during the demo; the investors nonetheless offered a term sheet before the founders left the building.

    Startups

  • The center fouled out with six minutes left; the team nonetheless held the lead behind three reserves nobody had scouted.

    Basketball

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