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Recent Examples of anyways And in addition to making Wintour allegedly broke careers too—most famously of Vogue editors Grace Mirabella and André Leon Talley—according to their interviews and memoirs anyways. Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 Talking about Linux in this context is pretty irrelevant anyways, since the Xbox consoles run a variant of Windows. Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025 Ancient Egyptian custom barred women from the title of pharaoh, but in 1473 B.C.E., Hatshepsut declared herself pharaoh anyways. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025 Plus, going out and eating food should be sure to get your energy back up anyways. David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anyways
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Adverb
  • Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2021
  • And so the Administration of Harvard, by its own admission, has taken no action whatever.
    William F. Buckley Jr., National Review, 23 Oct. 2017
Adverb
  • Just note that shipping starts at $150 regardless.
    Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
  • While Carroll’s tale is worth telling regardless, Ask E. Jean limits itself by clinging to a thesis that sounds like it hasn’t been updated since shooting began half a decade ago.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The investigative genetic genealogy helped investigators find him with the sample anyway.
    Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • However, Air marks the first time Affleck directed Damon (in a Hollywood feature, anyway).
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025

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