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Definition of in any event

as in always

whatever else is done or is the case I'm not sure if I'll make it to dinner tomorrow, but in any event, I'll see you on Thursday.

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as in whatever

in spite of everything In any event, I think you owe her an apology.

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Recent Examples of in any event And, in any event, the heat waves of the past few weeks and the heat pouring out of the world’s oceans remind us that humans don’t get to set the terms of their encounter with physics. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

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