How to Use without regard to in a Sentence

without regard to

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  • The force was never just by the Sun or just by the Earth without regard to the other.
    Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The bikers ride fast, daringly, and without regard to the rules of the road.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 June 2024
  • Angela went through with the surgery without regard to Michael's input.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The ability to make your own rules and habits without regard to general conventions.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
  • The suspect cut across three lanes without regard to other drivers, and turned south from Mayfield onto Middleton Road.
    cleveland, 15 July 2022
  • There may be better routes than eating protein-rich bread without regard to how the manufacturers made the bread or the overall balance of your diet.
    Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 8 June 2024
  • The new maps were drawn by outside experts without regard to incumbent protection.
    Sarah Rankin, ajc, 21 June 2023
  • Each sentence should be an application of the law to the facts of the individual case without regard to sympathy, bias, passion, or public opinion.
    NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • Taxpayers have extra time – up to six months after the due date of the taxpayer’s federal income tax return for the disaster year (without regard to any extension of time to file) – to make the election.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Taxpayers have extra time – up to six months after the due date of the taxpayer’s federal income tax return for the disaster year (without regard to any extension of time to file) – to make the election.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • People will be able to build without regard to connections to water infrastructure, simply by using the same water again and again in a virtually closed loop.
    WIRED, 17 June 2023
  • The regime appears set to hold on to power for the foreseeable future no matter how much suffering the people endure and certainly without regard to the concerns or threats of Western officials.
    Graeme Smith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2022
  • These collections could be unfathomably broad, mixing objects without regard to genre.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Host cities are often chosen without regard to risky geography.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Another is that fire-response resources have failed to keep up with urbanization that is happening rapidly and often without regard to safety.
    Hari Kumar, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • And here Miss Manners thought that the magic ingredient was the content, and that even a battered copy of a book that captured one’s interest was better than a shiny edition of the latest bestseller chosen without regard to the recipient’s taste.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
  • But no one is yet asking Maryland to take on the totality of the state’s monuments to slaveholders without regard to an individual’s other achievements.
    Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The judge was selected for the case randomly by a computer program, without regard to experience with death penalty trials or high-profile cases.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • State law calls for the state school board to appoint a commissioner without regard to political affiliation, though the commissioner is subject to the approval of the governor.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2022
  • Microsoft, Airbnb, Uber, LinkedIn … the largest tech firms structure our lives in myriad ways, without regard to our well-being, without fear of competition, and largely without regulation (for now).
    Cory Doctorow, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • For example, a company’s policy may encourage recruiters to seek a more diverse pool of candidates, from which hiring decisions are made without regard to race.
    Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • Music gets into one’s head—literally—when all the technical aspects of a headphone’s design fall by the wayside, and when a holistic sonic landscape unfolds without regard to which kind of transducer produces which frequencies.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The court’s current majority follows the template of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who focused on strict application of legal text without regard to such references as legislative history.
    Jess Bravin, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s a little rank speculation on my part, without regard to logistical or economic realities.
    al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Americans debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often resort to simple categories and narratives, seeking to impose them without regard to context.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Xi Jinping has been a powerful dictator, but his stewardship of China’s economy has been awful, proving again that government leaders who allocate resources without regard to markets create economic dysfunction.
    Mickey D. Levy, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Moreover, Baker’s proposal would be implemented without regard to any collective bargaining or any meaningful student-athlete participation for that matter.
    Leonard Armato, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The practice, employed by both political parties, creates majority districts without regard to natural or sensible geographic boundaries.
    Reuben Brigety, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021

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