every which way

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Recent Examples of every which way Waves of noise were coming from every which way, the low rumble of conversation broken by the higher pitched sounds of laughter and pint glasses. Sarah Chamberlain, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 This was a playoff win in every which way as the teams combined for 10 hits off 10 pitchers. Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025 In isolation, the references are vague enough to be interpreted every which way. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025 The show opened with capri-style cargos, shredded denim, nylon bombers, and denim spliced and tied every which way. Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for every which way
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Adverb
  • Hours later when the 36 skiers eventually finished, the final standings showed the impossible high and low of skiing.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Sandoval, again taking leading-lady duties, plays Dahlia, a cop reporting to Bernal (Dennis Marasigan), a shady police chief with friends in both high and low places in Manila, a city still under martial law in 1979.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Minter has been patient and looked far and wide in assembling his first staff.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The loss was felt far and wide as the person everyone turned to for a smile is now gone.
    Jessica Riley, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The different textures that casting directors are looking everywhere to find doesn’t just mean assembling a diverse but complementary set of faces for the audience to look at.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The easy solution to the practice’s energy drain, Scott says, is making sure that electricity is coming from renewable sources—a switch that snow towns everywhere from Quebec to the French Alps have already made.
    Simmone Shah, Time, 9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Wearing rubber gloves, use a sponge to spread the mixture all over the bottom of the oven.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Moving out of old tracks to fancy new ones all over the country alienated a large portion of its core constituency.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • There are no frills or fancy touches, but a sense of familiarity and open-mindedness radiates throughout.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Officials said the residence sustained moderate damage throughout and is considered a loss.
    Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026

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“Every which way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/every%20which%20way. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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