How to Use anything goes in a Sentence
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Have fun and share your beat In this last step, anything goes!
—Luis Velarde, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
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But if anything goes wrong, that extra acre is there to fill in the gaps.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
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This dash cam will give them video proof if anything goes wrong.
—Sam Peters, ELLE, 17 Dec. 2022
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That’s the beauty of the Grammys, where anything goes, and often works.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 5 Feb. 2024
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And, if anything goes wrong, well, that just might be a bonus in the hands of such a skilled, in-the-moment musician.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
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If anything goes wrong in any of those spheres, the rest of their lives are most likely still intact.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
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Remember, the breezy nature of the drink means that anything goes.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
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It’s got this kind of punk rock, anything goes kind of energy to all our shows.
—Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
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What are the things that should always happen when anything goes wrong?
—Joe Moglia, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024
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As a result, some groups of visitors think of it as a city where anything goes.
—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 20 Dec. 2022
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But as with the tradition of Halloween costumes, anything goes in the U.S.
—Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
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Noakes said if anything goes well in the department, that credit goes to the people doing the work.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
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Wear them lower around your hips or higher on your waist; anything goes with this pair.
—Gaby Keiderling, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2023
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Let your Muse take the wheel and guide your hand — music, drawing, or writing — anything goes at this time.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024
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Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
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Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
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Pretty much anything goes with Daiquiris nowadays as far as which rum can be used.
—Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
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This year has seen its share of nail trends, including blush nails and chrome nails, but the nice thing about Halloween nails is that anything goes.
—Marissa Oliva, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
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But now, just about anything goes, including leaving out the corn.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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Week 18 is upon us and for teams that are tanking for a high draft selection, anything goes at this point.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Right now, the Democrats have started pushing so far from that rare but safe to anything goes, up to nine months of pregnancy, after birth.
—CBS News, 9 Oct. 2022
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On the roof of the Aria, 60 stories above, Jon Loreto, a large bald man about 40 years old, stands guard by one of the launch sites with a hose, spraying down the rubber roof in case anything goes awry.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
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Piled high with condiments ranging from mustard to onion to relish to chili, almost anything goes well with it.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
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The overall message to employees, including those who carry weapons, is that anything goes.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
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Even though the beach seems like a place where anything goes, there are rules to follow.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
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From streetwear to high fashion, anything goes—and goes viral.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
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So there is absolutely no recourse if anything goes wrong.
—Charlie Markbreiter, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
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Our staff has picks against the spread for the biggest Week 7 games, plus extra wild-card picks where anything goes at the bottom.
—Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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This is the Jazz Age, anything goes.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
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