(adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal.
Example Sentences:
Notwithstanding
Definition:
(prep.) Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of.
(adv. / conj.) Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data notwithstanding, the role of SIV genetic variation in the pathogenesis of AIDS in monkeys remains unclear.
(2) Notwithstanding the fact that rubella vaccination has been recommended for all school-girls since 1973, no significant difference was noticed between the seropositivity rates of healthy females aged 18-23 observed in the period 1973-78 (i.e.
(3) Articles in the popular press notwithstanding, data from the 1984 National Long-term Care Survey indicate that a relatively small number of adult children and spouses assume the multiple responsibilities of elder care and child care or employment.
(4) Notwithstanding, the short-term prognosis for typhlitis remains poor.
(5) The advantages of having two X chromosomes are apparent, notwithstanding X-chromosome inactivation.
(6) The paper proposes that in post-behaviouristic and post-phenomenological times an integration of frames of reference, designs and methodologies ought to be attempted, notwithstanding serious dissonances, disagreements, and professions-bound interests.
(7) Notwithstanding these differences, the positions of all the vocal folds in extreme adduction or abduction were similar.
(8) This section was memorably captured by the computer and security expert Caspar Bowden , who wrote: "Interpreting that section requires the unravelling of a triple-nested inversion of meanings across six cross-referenced subsections, linked to a dozen other cross-linked definitions, which are all dependent on a highly ambiguous 'notwithstanding'."
(9) This is because determinants of flexion after TKA are multifactorial and outcome data limited, notwithstanding the similarities among modern prostheses.
(10) The success of Capote paved the way for bigger and more nuanced parts for Hoffman, his turn as the villain in Mission: Impossible III (2006) notwithstanding.
(11) Notwithstanding the complexities involved in the absorption processes, the data support the hypothesis that the absorption of organic electrolytes mainly takes place by the partitioning of the unionized species into the lipoidal membranes and then diffusion.
(12) These results, when viewed together with those reported in humans with ARDS and in dogs with ethchlorvynol-induced ALI, support the hypothesis that leukotriene detection in BALF is a feature common to ALI, etiology notwithstanding.
(13) Within selected planes, DRESS are spatially restricted by the surface coil sensitivity profiles to disk-shaped volumes whose radii increase with depth, notwithstanding variations in the NMR signal density distribution.
(14) Notwithstanding, each index can serve a useful role in quantitating method agreement in carefully considered situations.
(15) This means that notwithstanding a tight pay offer, total investment by the BBC in its people will go up.
(16) Labelled IGF-2 bound predominantly to the type 2 receptor with negligible label cross-linked to the type 1 receptor, notwithstanding the ability of IGF-2 to compete effectively for the binding of IGF-1 to the type 1 receptor.
(17) Notwithstanding important advances in the treatment of epilepsy basic knowledge about the epilepsies and about the mechanism of action of antiepileptic drugs is still fragmentary.
(18) Notwithstanding the latent benefits and cost savings that corporate management expects to gain from the investment in such programs, it is argued that workplace health promotion is not without potential misuse and that its goals and methods ought not to be above ethical scrutiny.
(19) This speech was designed to allow progressives once again to see Barack Obama as they have always wanted to see him, his policies notwithstanding: as a deeply thoughtful, moral, complex leader who is doing his level best, despite often insurmountable obstacles, to bring about all those Good Things that progressives thought they would be getting when they empowered him.
(20) In the course of an infectious episode and notwithstanding an increase in EPO dosage, 2 patients exhibited a fall in hemoglobin which rose again after successful treatment of the infection.