Despite
Despite noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.
Then again and despite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Then again" instead an adverb "Despite".
Then again
Then again adverb - (contrastive) from another point of view.
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Despite and then again are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despite" instead an adverb phrase "Then again".
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And it's not like it was the height of the Cold War either, despite military overspending... But then again, the movie takes place in an Alternate History anyway.
Source: Film / Red Dawn (1984) -
Then again, considering Lindesfarne still loved Fenton despite believing him dead for almost a year, it probably wouldn't have stopped them.
Source: High School Sweethearts -
Then again, these people DO spot things that are later verified by doctors, such as spotting who did what during the surgery, despite their senses being neurologically shut down.
Source: Astral Projection
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