1
as in constantly
on every relevant occasion
although we never intend more than an afternoon visit, she always insists we stay for dinner
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2
as in anyway
whatever else is done or is the case
you can always take a cab if the buses aren't running
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3
as in forever
for all time
I will love you always
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Recent Examples of always
Color is almost always a strong suit of OLEDs, and the S95F is definitely proof of that.
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PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Wolfhard has moved out on his own a few times, but has always found his way back to his family.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
His defending and mobility will always be his calling card.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In a city that’s always moving, always evolving, Broadway remains a steadfast symbol of New York’s soul.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Wolfhard has moved out on his own a few times, but has always found his way back to his family.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
His defending and mobility will always be his calling card.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In a city that’s always moving, always evolving, Broadway remains a steadfast symbol of New York’s soul.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for always
Adverb
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Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Maybe Mara, the Tisch family and the new minority owners will just ride this regime out through its fifth season regardless to run out the clock on their contracts and avoid constantly paying multiple regimes at once — just like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did with Mike McCarthy to save a few bucks.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Schmidt threw a sweeper just below the zone, but the switch-hitting Ramírez pulled the pitch to right-field anyway.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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On March 15, Trump officials sent him there, anyway.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The children whose lives were changed forever by the bombing were different ages with various backgrounds.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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But the facility wasn’t up to snuff for NASCAR to return in 2014 — a product of the facility getting worse with time — and at that point, the racing seemed forever lost.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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There’s a sensor dry feature that continually monitors temperature and moisture to determine the appropriate drying time.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Under America's new trading framework, and the continually expanding list of nations and goods subject to President Donald Trump's tariffs, many states will be forced to spend billions more to sustain their current levels of imports.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Permanent Dyes Unlike temporary dyes, these permanently alter your hair structure in order to change the color.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
21 Apr. 2025
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The monkeys have since been permanently housed at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, alongside two other baby spider monkeys, named Frankee and Bucees, who were seized in a separate Southwest border smuggling case, prosecutors aid.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Protectionist policies invariably required new bureaucracies to enact them, determining which products from which countries would be subject to which tariffs or import licenses.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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After the conversations that will invariably take place across the community at the RSA conference in San Francisco, data protection cannot be viewed the same.—
Eric Herzog,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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To enable this feature: Open the Control Center on your iPhone (usually accessed by swiping down on your phone’s screen) Tap the Hearing icon Tap Live Listen Place the iPhone near the sound source (works up to 50 feet) AIRPODS PRO 2 VS.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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While popes have the option of keeping their baptismal name, every pope for the last 470 years has chosen to change his name, usually to honor a predecessor and to signal their intention to emulate his example.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Location always dictates the context of home pricing, for example oceanfront California homes often do not include air conditioning, a factor that would otherwise undermine property value.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Carina’s two younger brothers, 16 and 18, live with their parents in Pittsburg, where Nixon works long hours as a welder and often comes home late and exhausted.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Always.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/always. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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