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as in whatever
in spite of everything
even though it's raining, I'm going to the golf course anyhow
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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
clothes that were hurriedly stuffed anyhow into the suitcase
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as in anyway
whatever else is done or is the case
your mother called and said you don't need to stop by, but I think you should anyhow
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Recent Examples of anyhow
If grass won’t grow in an area anyhow, consider planting groundcovers instead.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 July 2024
The speculation is that Democrats then might go along with reversing the rule, reasoning that Trump would scrap it anyhow and that the savings might as well be used on something.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 11 July 2024
As the girls grew used to the dark, each could make out the other’s shape; the darkness anyhow seemed thinner up here at the top of the building.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
House rules Trusting people to work from home—some of the time, anyhow—is a win-win.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2024
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 July 2024
The speculation is that Democrats then might go along with reversing the rule, reasoning that Trump would scrap it anyhow and that the savings might as well be used on something.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 11 July 2024
As the girls grew used to the dark, each could make out the other’s shape; the darkness anyhow seemed thinner up here at the top of the building.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
House rules Trusting people to work from home—some of the time, anyhow—is a win-win.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2024
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
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And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 23 Oct. 2017
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And Suzanne, a tactician in clogs, takes advantage of Don’s fecklessness to argue her anti-vaccine position from a place of intuition and emotion that no marshalling of facts can combat — not in a circle that runs according to consensus, anyway.Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Plus anyway, standardized processes and streamlined workflows also boost development speed.Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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But Martinis and his colleagues pressed on regardless, publishing a proof-of-principle experiment (opens a new tab) using five qubits in 2014.Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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And, regardless, the science is clear: lead damages the brain and diminishes cognitive function.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Monday Night Football at Lambeau Field is always a spectacle, and this game has plenty of intrigue.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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It’s always been my interest and my fascination and all of my writing, my music, my art, everything has been a side effect of that journey.Charles Moss, SPIN, 23 Dec. 2024
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By the end of the 1990s, just about no recreational diver was using a mechanical watch anyways, so the whole idea of a mechanical dive watch today is a nostalgic exercise in postmodern irony.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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Lorne Michaels had warned him that flying weekly between New York and London to film would be too grueling, but Yang went ahead with it anyways.Sarah Burke, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyhow. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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