Meanings of nonetheless able in English

He was nonetheless able to join another force, Surrey, returning to the Met in 2005.

However, we were nonetheless able to detect sequences from a relatively diverse array of bacteria and archaea.

Were you nonetheless able to recognize me?

Harwood was nonetheless able to join another force, Surrey, before returning to serve with the Met in 2005.

Obama needs support from Republicans, who are far outnumbered by Democrats in the current Congress but are nonetheless able to block legislation.

Bacterial infection often leads to suppression of mRNA translation, but hosts are nonetheless able to express immune response genes through as yet unknown mechanisms.

My goldfish had never done that, but I was nonetheless able to understand the international symbol for "I'm going to scratch out your eyeballs."