as in whatever
in spite of everything
I don't care what you say—I'm going anyways!
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Recent Examples of anyways
And anyways found where that Reg Mellor was still doing his thing in Yorkshire.
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Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
There’s a much better way to rest on a plane, anyways: with a good old-fashioned foot sling and neck pillow.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
The guidance is not rooted is any logic, anyways, says Sarah Hanlon, an editor at The Knot.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 July 2024
The board ended up awarding a contract to Pacific Coast anyways.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
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Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
There’s a much better way to rest on a plane, anyways: with a good old-fashioned foot sling and neck pillow.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
The guidance is not rooted is any logic, anyways, says Sarah Hanlon, an editor at The Knot.
—Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 July 2024
The board ended up awarding a contract to Pacific Coast anyways.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for anyways
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
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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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But questions remain about who will lead the minority party in the House next year — though facing a Republican supermajority, Democrats have little power to pass their own legislation regardless.Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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The saddest part came when Aubrey thanked her dad for going to the effort to throw her a birthday party regardless.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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But Evans ran on partisan lines anyway, playing up his Republican affiliation and appealing to the MAGA faction of Arizona's electorate.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Life is a random, crazy, spinning, dipping, twisting and thrilling roller coaster anyway.Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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