as in whatever
in spite of everything
I don't care what you say—I'm going anyways!
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Recent Examples of anyways
This technically ups the competition for Club name Nvidia in the Chinese market, but Nvidia is no longer able to sell its made-for-China H20 chip anyways.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
FedEx has no exposure to Amazon, but its shares went down hard anyways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Oh, and be sure to extend your OOO dates anyways, as this spot requires a minimum five-night stay…In other words, don’t threaten us with a good time.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2025
The only drawback is a common one with Chromebooks, the lack of much onboard storage, but they're made for cloud work anyways and this offer can snag you three free months of Google One AI Premium which includes 2TB of Google Drive room.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 17 Feb. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
FedEx has no exposure to Amazon, but its shares went down hard anyways.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
Oh, and be sure to extend your OOO dates anyways, as this spot requires a minimum five-night stay…In other words, don’t threaten us with a good time.
—Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 20 Feb. 2025
The only drawback is a common one with Chromebooks, the lack of much onboard storage, but they're made for cloud work anyways and this offer can snag you three free months of Google One AI Premium which includes 2TB of Google Drive room.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anyways
Adverb
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Wants to be sure her friends notice her new whatever-she's-wearing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2021
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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
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The winner gets an automatic berth in the 64-team NCAA tournament, though UCI (41-14) seems safely in the field, regardless.—
Staff,
Oc Register,
25 May 2025
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Although Newcastle will strengthen in central defence regardless, it may be forced to sign two players in that position.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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Some regrouping is necessary anyway: the original House language would have left the OMB hopelessly underfunded to carry out all the foregoing actions.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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This could fall on deaf ears, and the voters nominate Pascal anyway.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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“Anyways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anyways. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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