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If not for Camilla, who’d gone out of her way to take Regina in, even letting her share the bedroom with her and Lalla, the others wouldn’t have welcomed her—not out of spite, no, because none of them were spiteful after all, but out of indifference, selfishness, plain and simple.
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
How many polite ways, after all, are there to ask whether the President of the United States has lost his mind?
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Call it the goodwill that comes from creating a catalog of solid and critically acclaimed albums, or a testament to the core trio of Johnson, Ebert and Knobbe still being together after all these years.
—Brady Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Cost-of-living concerns, after all, are also roiling France, Germany, Canada, and Britain.
—Jamie Holmes, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
How many polite ways, after all, are there to ask whether the President of the United States has lost his mind?
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
Call it the goodwill that comes from creating a catalog of solid and critically acclaimed albums, or a testament to the core trio of Johnson, Ebert and Knobbe still being together after all these years.
—Brady Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Cost-of-living concerns, after all, are also roiling France, Germany, Canada, and Britain.
—Jamie Holmes, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for after all
Adverb
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Investors, however, wanted more growth to justify a 66% year-over-year increase in capital expenditures.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Consulting, however, will see stronger demand.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Those who knew James Ramseur also found the way in which his shooter had been celebrated perhaps predictable but nevertheless hard to process.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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No other direct testimony or evidence presented at the trial implicated Porter, but the jury nevertheless convicted him.—
Gregory Royal Pratt,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But regardless, salmon seem to hold more intrinsic value to us.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Internal free agents There’s a high degree of turnover slated to hit the Dolphins’ roster, regardless, with a slew of players bound for free agency.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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“After all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/after%20all. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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