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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as in reckless
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Recent Examples of regardless
Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Just note that shipping starts at $150 regardless.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
The only options for Democrats ahead of 2026 are to legally challenge their own 2024 map, prompting redrawing via another court order, or to draw new maps regardless, which would likely be challenged in court.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
The titles listed above were streaming-only, which would likely impact viewership, though typically most of the television audience comes from streaming regardless nowadays.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Advertisement Determined to save the Truth-Teller regardless, Ned recruits volunteer reporters from other departments.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
Just note that shipping starts at $150 regardless.
—Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
The only options for Democrats ahead of 2026 are to legally challenge their own 2024 map, prompting redrawing via another court order, or to draw new maps regardless, which would likely be challenged in court.
—Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
The titles listed above were streaming-only, which would likely impact viewership, though typically most of the television audience comes from streaming regardless nowadays.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Aug. 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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The charges of reckless endangerment of children are because Reed is accused of firing a gun in a parking lot where children were present, North Richland Hills police spokesperson Carissa Katekaru said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur, in contrast, cut one of the most open — stroke reckless — teams the Premier League has encountered, with different intensity levels entirely, shown above.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The fears of my imagination, the possibility of losing a child due to one inattentive moment, all combined to leave me gasping for breath.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the interview, Mustafa describes Seeley as inattentive and overly aggressive, both with his words and even physically in otherwise friendly pillow fights.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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People with Chagas disease can have acute illness, and may experience relatively mild symptoms that can last for weeks or months, including swelling at the infection site, fever, rash, and body aches, among others, according to the Mayo Clinic.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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While intentionally bred to be independent hunters of badgers, dachshunds can be brave, yet rash and stubborn.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Protecting Users From Themselves No matter how sophisticated network defenses are, a careless action can undo them.—
Max Silber,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The programmer seems to have been a little careless.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His Victor is the product of a coddling mother (Mia Goth), who dies young and leaves him emotionally adrift, and a domineering father (Charles Dance), who molds him into a brilliant but heedless inventor.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
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Something essential in the story of Dreyfus—defiance of French institutions and their heedless consensus—did indeed come through.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The blast radius of Carl Rinsch‘s extravagant spending habits and Netflix‘s impetuous handing out of millions in the Golden Age of Streaming now has the feds footing the bills.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
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In the days depicted in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, thoughtless incarceration of the mentally ill was too common.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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