regardless of

preposition

: without taking into account
accepts all regardless of age
also : in spite of
regardless of our mistakes

Examples of regardless of in a Sentence

regardless of what was previously agreed to, we now refuse to sign the contract
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Maryland must continue to invest regardless of budget woes State Senate President Bill Ferguson said the state must continue to invest in economic drivers like hospitals and higher education. Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Dec. 2024 Employers were always going to start looking for new skills, regardless of AI. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024 Looking at the relationship between DGI scores for core foods and pain, positive betas suggested that better diet quality was associated with less bodily pain, regardless of adiposity or body fat. New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2024 The conviction in his game-plan philosophy never wavers, regardless of results. Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for regardless of 

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of regardless of was in 1837

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“Regardless of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regardless%20of. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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