at all

as in ever
in any way or respect wasn't at all pleased with the way the family portrait came out

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Recent Examples of at all Some states ban the use of numbers in names, while other states, like Kentucky, have no regulations at all. Jennifer Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025 Most rejected that aluminum concentrations have increased at all. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025 McAfee, on the other hand, doesn’t include VPN protection at all. PC Magazine, 3 June 2025 The legislature adjourned in the early hours of Sunday morning without passing any transit legislation at all. Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for at all
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  • The Forbes Midas List alum, who is also a partner at Founders Fund — which led the round with a $1 billion investment, its largest ever — owns more than 3% of Anduril, according to Forbes’ estimates, pushing his net worth beyond $1 billion.
    David Jeans, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Sarah Snook, who won a Tony Award for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play for The Picture of Dorian Gray, is stumped about how it would ever be turned into a film.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 June 2025
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  • Everything has to be centred on them, perhaps with a flexible back three with three attacking midfielders: Havertz as a false nine, Musiala half left, Wirtz half right.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 6 June 2025
  • That force was another deer lying half hidden in a sparse clump of evergreen scrub.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2025

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“At all.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/at%20all. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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