Despite
Despite noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.
Much as and despite are semantically related In some cases you can use "Much as" instead a conjunction "Despite".
Much as
Much as adverb - In a similar way.
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Synonyms for Much as
Despite and much as are semantically related in while topic. Sometimes you can use "Despite" instead a conjunction phrase "Much as", if it concerns topics such as even though.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Despite as much as 10% of humanity transforming into trolls during goblinization, many of them died or were driven insane by the trauma.
Source: Characters / Shadowrun -
Constantine takes out several guards during his prison break in a decidedly Black Widow -esque manner, despite weighing only as much as a two-and-a-half-foot-tall felt frog.
Source: Film / Muppets Most Wanted - Despite meeting alternate past versions of major orc and draenei figures, none are ever treated as "expendable" so much as allies or genuine threats.
Source: Expendable Alternate Universe
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