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Recent Examples of after all
A lot can be traced back to food in the Freeling household, after all.
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Tracy Kimball, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
This is a holiday after all, so of course, there’s dessert, too.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
Great sports moments, after all, are fleeting.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The villa’s name is, after all, not Kennedy but Speyer, built in 1901 for a prominent banking family.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Tracy Kimball, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
This is a holiday after all, so of course, there’s dessert, too.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
Great sports moments, after all, are fleeting.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
The villa’s name is, after all, not Kennedy but Speyer, built in 1901 for a prominent banking family.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for after all
Adverb
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Indian market opportunity, however, comes with the pressure to pivot strategy based on consumer preferences.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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Among some fraction of liberal voters, however, any concession to the technology’s utility is increasingly regarded as gauche, at best—and, at worst, a sign of reactionary corporate centrism.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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Wall Street nevertheless latched onto some potentially encouraging signals.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Director Robert Zemeckis’s remake was shunted over to streaming and drew both harsh and somewhat rightful ire, but Anne Hathaway nevertheless has a lot of fun!—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
Adverb
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The benefits for Sacramento’s downtown restaurants and hotels will be strong, regardless.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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But regardless, presenting anxious and avoidant attachers as anything but maladapted is a quietly radical reframing.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
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“After all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/after%20all. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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