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
But no serious sports fan listens to that nonsense anyways.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
There was only one other woman working for the team’s front office, and Cooper says her dream was to open a community center similar to a YMCA or Boys and Girls Club anyways.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
Bosses might assume these doubts will slow Gen Z down, but 54% still regularly browse for new roles anyways.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15 percent of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
There was only one other woman working for the team’s front office, and Cooper says her dream was to open a community center similar to a YMCA or Boys and Girls Club anyways.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
Bosses might assume these doubts will slow Gen Z down, but 54% still regularly browse for new roles anyways.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
If refusing to allow these Chinese students to attend our schools causes 15 percent of them to fail then these schools should fail anyways because they are being propped up by the CCP.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
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
Adverb
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The series was canceled after BBC Three faced budget cuts, but its worth a watch regardless, cliffhangers be damned.—
Sammi Burke,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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To that point, Cervera said BCPS will prioritize protecting student information regardless what other school districts do.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Some Iranians keep showing defiance anyway.—
Sanam Mahoozi Arlette Bashizi Saumya Khandelwal Stephen Marche,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Mandelson was long known to have been friendly to Epstein but got the job anyway, replacing Karen Pierce, an effective career diplomat with warm ties to MAGA-land who did not particularly want to leave.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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