1
as in constantly
on every relevant occasion
although we never intend more than an afternoon visit, she always insists we stay for dinner
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2
as in anyway
whatever else is done or is the case
you can always take a cab if the buses aren't running
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3
as in forever
for all time
I will love you always
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Recent Examples of always
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Designer slides and sandals were always in sight at The Boca Raton, which put my five-year-old flip-flops to shame.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025
If using Android, ensure Play Protect is always enabled.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The play’s emotional arc hangs on the gradual development of daughter and mother’s relationship — their struggle with each other, their own inner lives, and the ways in which both women love fiercely without always necessarily being able to see clearly.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
And finding climate solutions has always been at the forefront of Robert Schmitt’s, 27, entrepreneurial career.
—Moya Johnson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025
If using Android, ensure Play Protect is always enabled.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The play’s emotional arc hangs on the gradual development of daughter and mother’s relationship — their struggle with each other, their own inner lives, and the ways in which both women love fiercely without always necessarily being able to see clearly.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
And finding climate solutions has always been at the forefront of Robert Schmitt’s, 27, entrepreneurial career.
—Moya Johnson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for always
Adverb
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Maybe Mara, the Tisch family and the new minority owners will just ride this regime out through its fifth season regardless to run out the clock on their contracts and avoid constantly paying multiple regimes at once — just like Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did with Mike McCarthy to save a few bucks.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Her lymph nodes swelled constantly, but biopsies showed no cancer.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Schmidt threw a sweeper just below the zone, but the switch-hitting Ramírez pulled the pitch to right-field anyway.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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On March 15, Trump officials sent him there, anyway.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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After the case, Natalia fears that she’ll be perceived as a monster and a con artist forever.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Not holding on to Game 4, in which the Clippers rallied from 22 points down in the fourth quarter only to surrender the game winner to Aaron Gordon, may have forever swung this series.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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There’s a sensor dry feature that continually monitors temperature and moisture to determine the appropriate drying time.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Under America's new trading framework, and the continually expanding list of nations and goods subject to President Donald Trump's tariffs, many states will be forced to spend billions more to sustain their current levels of imports.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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The monkeys have since been permanently housed at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, alongside two other baby spider monkeys, named Frankee and Bucees, who were seized in a separate Southwest border smuggling case, prosecutors aid.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Permanent Dyes Unlike temporary dyes, these permanently alter your hair structure in order to change the color.—
Anna Earl,
Parents,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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After the conversations that will invariably take place across the community at the RSA conference in San Francisco, data protection cannot be viewed the same.—
Eric Herzog,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Protectionist policies invariably required new bureaucracies to enact them, determining which products from which countries would be subject to which tariffs or import licenses.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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But the Eagles utterly overwhelmed the Chiefs’ line in the title game and thus rendered the usually wizardly Mahomes mortal in a 40-22 blowout that saw Kansas City go scoreless until 34 seconds remained in the third quarter.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In the immediate aftermath, the shooting leaves Elsbeth’s son, Teddy (Ben Levi Ross), disillusioned enough to abandon his plans to follow her into law, and his usually unflappable mother is too traumatized to put up a fight in the matter.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Location always dictates the context of home pricing, for example oceanfront California homes often do not include air conditioning, a factor that would otherwise undermine property value.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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There was often more short-term volatility and losses on the way to those positive one-year results.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Always.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/always. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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