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
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Tuberville is in the final year of his six-year term and will leave the Senate in January 2027 regardless.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
The Senate may pass some of the six bills in the package at issue in the current standoff, or none of them—regardless, if all of the bills don’t pass, the country will face a partial government shutdown.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Emergency week-to-week funding could save First Brands for now, but the D-FW facility is gone regardless.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adverb
But Bharat knew that without a working set of lungs, the patient would die regardless.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Tuberville is in the final year of his six-year term and will leave the Senate in January 2027 regardless.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
The Senate may pass some of the six bills in the package at issue in the current standoff, or none of them—regardless, if all of the bills don’t pass, the country will face a partial government shutdown.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Emergency week-to-week funding could save First Brands for now, but the D-FW facility is gone regardless.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
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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 father faces 29 charges including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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The charges Colin Gray is facing 29 charges related to the shooting, including two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter, five counts of reckless conduct and 20 counts of child cruelty.—
Jozsef Papp,
AJC.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Tom Defur, also with the Caldwell Police Department, shared that his daughter was killed in a car crash because of an inattentive driver.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Feb. 2026
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Investigators found many of the crashes involved inattentive drivers, some of whom appeared to mistakenly assume the driver-assistance technology functioned as fully autonomous driving.—
Martina Di Licosa,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Embarrassment could have been a factor in the rash decision, but Trump is not a man who appears to be afflicted by that particular emotion, which takes its cue from a certain amount of self-awareness and humility.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Symptoms of measles infection include fever, rash, cough, congestion or runny nose and red, watery eyes.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Brooklyn got careless, committing nine turnovers in the quarter.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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That will be the difference in the game unless Darnold is careless with the ball.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The rules of polite society would bar this particular group from fraternizing together in such a heedless manner, but the Bridgerton wrap party brought the crew together for what appears to have been a very good time indeed.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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At the time, investors were understandably looking ahead to an all-inclusive fourth-quarter ramp, which probably would have tripped into excessive optimism and heedless speculation.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And, by all accounts, his impetuous pardon of Cuellar may backfire.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Mercury News,
20 Dec. 2025
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Kelly’s impetuous decision to drop everything and travel abroad forces his loyal team, including publicist Liz (Laura Dern) and agent Ron (Sandler), among others, to join him.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Karlsson was on the wrong side of the puck all evening, made careless decisions and generally played a thoughtless game.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Facing the prospect of a return to normalcy, and perhaps emboldened by Yaya’s thoughtless offer to hire Agnes as her assistant, Agnes picks up a rock and prepares to murder the model with it.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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