despite appearances

idiom

: even though (something) does not appear to be so
Despite appearances, her company is very successful.

Examples of despite appearances in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But despite appearances, there is no love lost between Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Emily Ferris, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2017 And despite appearances, that was the toughest scene James shot all season. Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024 For the foreseeable future, AI systems will remain unconscious despite appearances to the contrary. Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2024 Raff assured me that, despite appearances, the owners were home. Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 The second is that despite appearances, there’s greatness in the Harvey Wallbanger somewhere. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2023 Don’t worry, though: despite appearances, the white option isn’t transparent; just pair it with a skin-tone bra. Nancy Einhart, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023 The office — which, despite appearances, is deceptively large — will eventually have capacity to inoculate as many as 500 people per day, Lopes said, depending on staffing and vaccine inventory from the state. Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2021 But despite appearances, the Gravettians were not a single people. Byandrew Curry, science.org, 1 Mar. 2023

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“Despite appearances.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/despite%20appearances. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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