anymore

adverb

any·more ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr

Synonyms of anymore next

: any longer

I was not moving anymore with my feet—

Anaïs Nin

: at the present time : now, nowadays

Hardly a day passes without rain anymore.

Anymore vs. Any More: Usage Guide

Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in current writing anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative

No one can be natural anymore. —

May Sarton

, interrogative

Do you read much anymore?

, and conditional

If you do that anymore, I'll leave.

contexts and in certain positive constructions.

The Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions. —

Russell Baker

In many regions of the U.S. the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech.

… everybody's cool anymore. —

Bill White

Every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called "Stump the Housebreaker." —

Erma Bombeck

The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the U.S. except New England.

Examples of anymore in a Sentence

I never see them anymore. they don't sell that kind of sandwich anymore

Recent Examples on the Web Without the people in Chinatown, there is no place anymore. —

Ligaya Mishan David Chow, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023 Clearly, my financial situation wasn’t so simple anymore. —

Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 18 Sep. 2023 But Chubb can’t save the Browns anymore, which means the pressure just ramped up on Stefanski, Deshaun Watson and Andrew Berry. —

Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023 The store owners don’t even rebuild storefronts anymore. —

NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023 There just isn’t a whole lot of time or breathing room left to display anymore as the Rangers have just a half-game lead on the Seattle Mariners for the third AL wild card spot. —

Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023 The second rule in countries that have legalized death care is that the first rule doesn’t matter anymore. —

Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023 But the good news is that phone makers don’t seem to be in a big-screen-arms-race anymore — at least in the slab-style phones. —

Allison Johnson, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2023 Despite some negative remarks saying Hewitt didn't look like herself anymore, the TV star's more positive fan base showed her — and her new look — a lot of love. —

Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023 See More

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