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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 Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow. —
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow. —Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026 But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow. —Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anyhow
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Marche feared that ChatGPT-3 meant the end of freshman composition papers, but that’s a pathetic and moribund genre anyhow. —Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 Williams wasn’t an elite pass rusher, not yet anyhow. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026 But Starmer gripped the American President close, anyhow. —Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anyhow
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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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Students apply for it in their junior year, and are tasked with randomly choosing a decade to design head-turning fashion.— Chris Wragge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Police said the man who was critically injured appeared to be targeted at random, and investigators were looking into whether the two women killed were targeted randomly.— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
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Albany politicians spent years campaigning to close it anyway.— Nicole Malliotakis, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Never one to conform to tradition, Diana selected the ring anyway, setting the tone for her own unique approach to royal life.— Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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Dim the Lights Earlier in the Evening The lighting level in your home in the hours before bed has a direct effect on melatonin production, which weakens with age regardless.— Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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Communication and awareness are crucial regardless.— Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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But at shepherding time—usually after tea (the evening meal) and always before dark—Dad would go around the fields checking the flock was fit and well.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
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The lottery is kind of a crapshoot anyways.— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
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The exception was Thursday, when oil prices surged higher but the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite mounted a rally anyways, in an encouraging sign.— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Anyhow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/anyhow. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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