as in whatever
in spite of everything
the weather looked bad, but they were resolved to go on with their picnic regardless
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Relevance
as in reckless
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Recent Examples of regardless
Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Denver Broncos playoff scenarios: Where things stand with one week to go
Upon Further Review: Tee Higgins, Bengals’ skill talent give Broncos preview of offseason to-do list
The job is the same for his team regardless.
—Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
But if someone would still want to do it regardless?
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
However, football lifer Dan Quinn knew not to thrust the rookie quarterback into a leadership role regardless.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Adverb
Drivers must abide by these rules regardless if the curb is painted red.
—Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Denver Broncos playoff scenarios: Where things stand with one week to go
Upon Further Review: Tee Higgins, Bengals’ skill talent give Broncos preview of offseason to-do list
The job is the same for his team regardless.
—Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
But if someone would still want to do it regardless?
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
However, football lifer Dan Quinn knew not to thrust the rookie quarterback into a leadership role regardless.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for regardless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regardless
Adverb
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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
Adjective
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Frank Santoro with the L.A. County district attorney’s office argued the probation department was making the necessary improvements and releasing youth inside would be reckless.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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He’s become poised to the point of being unrecognizable from his Young Josh days as a gunslinging, sometimes reckless quarterback who sometimes took himself, his teammates and Bills fans on Sunday roller-coaster rides.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The inconsistency at Adelina extends to its service, with a waitstaff that is generally kind, friendly and accommodating, yet simultaneously inattentive and minimally familiar with the restaurant’s concise menu.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
2 June 2024
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President Bill Clinton was relatively inattentive to Asia at the beginning of his administration but later revitalized the U.S.-Japanese alliance and stabilized U.S.-Chinese ties, notably by negotiating China’s accession to the World Trade Organization.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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The main symptom is a skin rash, which may be dry, itchy, irritated, and swollen.2 Most commonly, eczema rashes appear on the face, head, elbows, and/or knees.—
Laura Dorwart,
Verywell Health,
7 Jan. 2025
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The three stages are flu-like illness, mouth sores, and skin rash.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Brandon Howey was found guilty of four counts of careless driving resulting in death and four counts of careless driving resulting in injury, all traffic offenses, by an Adams County jury in November.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2025
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Of those fires, careless cooking was the most common factor.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To this day, heedless shootings at parades are not unheard of in the Big Easy.—
Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
TIME,
3 Jan. 2025
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The gunman raised the weapon, heedless of a woman standing nearby on the sidewalk.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The sometimes impetuous Nasser and the reserved and uncharismatic Hasan al-Hudaybi, the Brotherhood’s general guide (the top official) at this time, grew to hate each other in the years immediately following the revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2018
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Sheinbaum must walk a fine line between her constituents, who don’t want to see Mexico humiliated — or go broke — and the unpredictable, impetuous Trump.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hearing swung from thoughtless to scandalous when one representative suggested that the murderous hawk was a better mascot for Planned Parenthood than for New Hampshire.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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