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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
just stuffed his newly cleaned clothes anywise back into the drawers
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Adverb
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Gatherings can sleep, work, and dine in one place without ever needing to sit in traffic.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026 -
Yet getting enough Democrats and Republicans on board to pass the nation's first-ever gas federal tax holiday could be a longshot.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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The act also would have shifted oversight of safety and testing from the Marijuana Enforcement Division to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and funded a program in which regulators would randomly collect marijuana products from dispensaries to test them for contaminants.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
15 May 2026
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Patients were randomly assigned to one of four groups.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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“Anywise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anywise. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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