without regard to

idiom

: without attention paid to
She was hired without regard to race, age, or gender.

Examples of without regard to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The bikers ride fast, daringly, and without regard to the rules of the road. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 June 2024 There may be better routes than eating protein-rich bread without regard to how the manufacturers made the bread or the overall balance of your diet. Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 8 June 2024 The practice, employed by both political parties, creates majority districts without regard to natural or sensible geographic boundaries. Reuben Brigety, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021 Another is that fire-response resources have failed to keep up with urbanization that is happening rapidly and often without regard to safety. Hari Kumar, New York Times, 26 May 2024 But no one is yet asking Maryland to take on the totality of the state’s monuments to slaveholders without regard to an individual’s other achievements. Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024 Music gets into one’s head—literally—when all the technical aspects of a headphone’s design fall by the wayside, and when a holistic sonic landscape unfolds without regard to which kind of transducer produces which frequencies. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024 Moreover, Baker’s proposal would be implemented without regard to any collective bargaining or any meaningful student-athlete participation for that matter. Leonard Armato, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Taxpayers have extra time – up to six months after the due date of the taxpayer’s federal income tax return for the disaster year (without regard to any extension of time to file) – to make the election. Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

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“Without regard to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/without%20regard%20to. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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