How to Use irrespective of in a Sentence

irrespective of

preposition
  • This reflects the fact that irrespective of the outcome, the lawyers for each side get paid.
    Richard Mansouri, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • And what is the story’s creative heart for you irrespective of the medium?
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Other stations were safe between 60% and 80% of the time, irrespective of the weather.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
  • To be sure, the shoplifting specter has been looming large for a while, irrespective of the economic downturn.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • It is billed as a men’s collection, but the pieces can be worn by anyone irrespective of gender.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This split could come to mean that Israel will no longer be able to rely on the United States’ backing irrespective of party.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2024
  • One set of mechanisms is innate and at work constantly, irrespective of the threat at hand.
    William A. Haseltine, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The transfer would be reportable irrespective of purchase price, which means even gifts would need to be reported.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Companies have to make their decisions irrespective of the noise around them.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 June 2023
  • This is a core part of the CCP’s vision, identity and understanding of its own sovereignty, irrespective of chips.
    Rob Toews, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • One solution, Hudnut says, is to look for a watch that also has a gyroscope, which helps track changes in motion, irrespective of GPS.
    Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 17 Aug. 2020
  • This is, of course, irrespective of the subject matter, and only gets much worse with the usual no-nos (religion, politics, etc.).
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
  • This benefit was observed irrespective of age, weight, alcohol or smoking use as well as the amount of caffeine present in the coffee.
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
  • Each step, irrespective of its outcome, brings the business closer to its growth objectives.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • These local Colored people were for the most part, little people, the kind of people, irrespective of race, who have only the earth as their memorial.
    Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
  • That meant the earliest trial date was already October, irrespective of the new decisions that will have to be made.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Tired must intercede in a less passive way — such as by contacting the police, irrespective of Christy pressing charges.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Tired must intercede in a less passive way — such as contacting the police, irrespective of Christy pressing charges.
    Amy Dickinson, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Tired must intercede in a less passive way – such as contacting the police, irrespective of Christy pressing charges.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Stealing money and lying about it is stealing money and lying about it, irrespective of one’s ability to pay it back.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Being noble, fair, and benevolent is good for this country, irrespective of its effect on GDP.
    Aron Ravin, National Review, 20 July 2021
  • There is no shortage of things to do on property, irrespective of the season, but for those looking to expand their purview, the area offers an array of activities.
    Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2023
  • The system tends to favor the career advancement of those who belong to a select few institutions over all others, irrespective of the depth of their skills or training.
    Maimuna S. Majumder, Wired, 18 June 2020
  • Parsons was critical of his side’s performance, irrespective of the draw.
    Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 18 July 2021
  • Fields took issue with the study’s focus on test scores and argued there is inherent value to integration, irrespective of the costs or benefits to test scores.
    Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The film makes eloquent points about how quickly misfortune can crescendo and take control of a life, irrespective of demographic.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This trend, however, was not observed in images of people of color, where both AI and real faces were judged as human about 51 percent of the time, irrespective of the participant's race.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • While capital gains are considered on a calendar year basis, the wash sale covers a 30-day period, irrespective of the year.
    Anna-Louise Jackson, wsj.com, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Last year, LinkedIn recognized it as a category of its own for users’ profiles, helping to normalize the concept irrespective of the reason that may be driving it.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Trump may well target all U.S. allies with tariffs of ten percent or more, irrespective of the tens of billions of dollars these countries have recently invested in the United States to build resilient supply chains.
    Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 26 June 2024

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