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
Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Part of that is due to Wiggins’ extended absence, but the team is committed to testing out various combinations regardless.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Trump has been underwater in favorability consistently since 2015 -- but won the Electoral College eight years ago regardless.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
The length of a prison sentence in Arizona can depend on factors like prior convictions and whether a weapon was used, but the act would lengthen the terms regardless.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Mark takes it in stride, telling Joan that the experience has changed him for the better, regardless.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Part of that is due to Wiggins’ extended absence, but the team is committed to testing out various combinations regardless.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Trump has been underwater in favorability consistently since 2015 -- but won the Electoral College eight years ago regardless.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
The length of a prison sentence in Arizona can depend on factors like prior convictions and whether a weapon was used, but the act would lengthen the terms regardless.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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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
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Coy was found guilty by a jury on all three counts: murder, reckless homicide and felonious assault.Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Coy, who was removed from his position in the Columbus Police Department shortly after the incident, faced charges of murder, reckless homicide and other offenses in which he was found guilty on Monday.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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As for Apple Intelligence, being inattentive to disability vis-a-vis accessibility to instead push a juicy, fatalistic narrative about Apple playing catchup isn’t happenstance either.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In many cases, voters did not even bother to read the names on the ballots, enabling some unscrupulous politicos to use their opponents’ symbols to trick inattentive voters.Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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The body rash typically only develops in children and may be itchy.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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This card symbolizes the impulsive and passionate nature of the Knight, whose fiery approach can sometimes lead to rash decisions.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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The female driver, whose name has not been released, was charged with careless driving causing injury, according to WPBF and WFOR-TV.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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If companies are careless, AI will replicate the same biases as human decision-making.Dr. Vic Baker, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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For better or for worse, Henri Bendel and the Worlds He Fashioned is a complete story: The book takes us up to 2019, when the store, in the heedless hands of L Brands, closed up shop for good.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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Victor approached the table, and began eating the steaks, heedless of the humans shouting and banging pots.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
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The main lesson of Outer Banks’ Season 4 premiere: A Pogue and his money are soon parted, especially when said Pogue has a boatload of insecurities and tends toward the impetuous.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
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Macron’s weakness for pursuing politically unpopular projects is an expression—understandable on its own terms, if at times impetuous and often misplaced—of the kingly imperative of never being passive, never seeming weak.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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Oz’s decision to close that sewer door could be chalked down to a terrible mistake, the thoughtless actions of a child.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The underlying message: Even someone as thoughtless as Larry is incapable of being as cruel as this legislation.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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