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I agree that it's pretty formal but Ilkay just asked us to give a couple of simpler examples. That's what we did :)

They sound fine to me! :D Both кроме and помимо look fine to me in those sentences.

The word 'помимо' has a number of meanings. I will try to explain them all.

помимо
1. =besides, in addition, furthemore
Помимо того, он ещё был и большим любителем собирать марки.
Besides, he...