as in whatever
in spite of everything
the weather looked bad, but they were resolved to go on with their picnic regardless
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Recent Examples of regardless
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 June 2025
The Times reported, on Tuesday, that the Administration felt boxed in, essentially, and that Netanyahu was going to conduct a military assault on Iran regardless.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
Rasmussen believes people would still misconstrue the science regardless, particularly with leaders in the Trump administration who have spent years undermining the safety of vaccines or have a history of promoting dubious supplements.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
The throw did not interfere with the play, but the umpiring crew convened regardless.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Adjective
But people who might be mad at the thought of gay prince are going to be mad regardless.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 June 2025
The Times reported, on Tuesday, that the Administration felt boxed in, essentially, and that Netanyahu was going to conduct a military assault on Iran regardless.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2025
Rasmussen believes people would still misconstrue the science regardless, particularly with leaders in the Trump administration who have spent years undermining the safety of vaccines or have a history of promoting dubious supplements.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
The throw did not interfere with the play, but the umpiring crew convened regardless.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regardless
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
Adjective
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Alleged stabber Larry Boards is facing two counts of felony assault, reckless endangerment, and harassment for the crazed confrontation at the 82nd St.-Jackson Heights No. 7 train station at about 4:15 p.m. Friday, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
12 July 2025
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Broadly, the search warrant describes the crimes as first-degree intentional homicide and reckless endangering of safety by use of a deadly weapon.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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For example, if an officer sees someone swerving, fumbling with items, or clearly not paying attention to the road, the interior light might factor into a citation for reckless or inattentive driving.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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Ball is too inattentive on that end despite his impressive offensive skill set, and Miller is quite skinny and struggles to wall up on opposing guards and wings through his core.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Those symptoms include fever, cough, rash, watery eyes, runny nose and small white spots inside the mouth and throat.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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There's no need to really make a decision -- a rash decision -- because the guy doesn't want to go to some OTAs.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Proof Carefully To Show Professionalism And Attention To Detail What gets my negative attention are résumés with careless errors—typos, missing words and inconsistent formatting.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Social media erupted in fear, and disgust, or simply threw shame his way for being careless.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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The actor’s work with the Coen brothers had honed his gifts for heedless confidence and rapid banter, both of which Foxy has in spades.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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The cowboy operates on his own personal code heedless of others.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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The dynamic changes from drag dialogue to an aging aristocrat-wannabe and her impetuous male ingenue.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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Crisp, curly hair indicates a hasty, somewhat impetuous and rash character.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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In fact, read any news report of a flight diversion, and chances are there's a thoughtless passenger behind it – someone who didn't want to share the overhead bin space, insisted on jamming their seat all the way back, or didn't want to wait to use the bathroom.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Depictions of suicide are not beyond the pale in horror, of course, but there’s something particularly thoughtless about this execution.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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