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
Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
But bits of myself ended up making it into the character regardless.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Among registered voters who regard Trump as a fascist, 8% support him regardless, the poll found.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
The ad placement’s surroundings may not be to everyone’s tastes, but the objective of the advertiser has been achieved regardless.
—Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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But questions remain about who will lead the minority party in the House next year — though facing a Republican supermajority, Democrats have little power to pass their own legislation regardless.
—Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
But bits of myself ended up making it into the character regardless.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
Among registered voters who regard Trump as a fascist, 8% support him regardless, the poll found.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
The ad placement’s surroundings may not be to everyone’s tastes, but the objective of the advertiser has been achieved regardless.
—Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 18 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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Donald Trump’s stance on nuclear weapons has been one of obsessive and reckless bombast.Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
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Sargeant was charged with two counts of first degree assault, two counts of first degree reckless endangerment, and several second degree counts for menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and disorderly conduct.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Lead Exposure In Children Caused Millions Of US Psychiatric Cases And Must End By Sean Duke Science Editor 0 The co-author of a new landmark study that says lead exposure caused 151 million Americans to become depressed, anxious, inattentive or hyperactive has called for it to be banned.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, my dad — the lone male in a household full of women — occasionally earned himself gentle scolding for being too loud or inattentive during important conversations.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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The ultimate guide to earning passive income online The early success gave Vaccarella the courage to try something more rash in 2012: putting all her cash, including her kids’ college savings, into ordering more than 1,000 bags.Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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And the sensor adhesive on my unit also left a bad skin rash on my chest.Scott Kramer, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Their rounded faces, their piercings and makeup, their lateness and absences and profuse, careless apologies—their vulnerability was almost intolerable.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Michigan fire statistics The leading cause of fire deaths in 2024 through early December are careless smoking (46%), followed by heating (16%) and explosion (16%), a report by Michigan Fire Inspectors Society said.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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The gunman raised the weapon, heedless of a woman standing nearby on the sidewalk.Maria Cramer, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Phishing sites are fraudulent pages that ape secure sites and try to fool heedless visitors into giving away their credentials.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
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Sheinbaum must walk a fine line between her constituents, who don’t want to see Mexico humiliated — or go broke — and the unpredictable, impetuous Trump.Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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But in reality, the gang of four, led by the impetuous and imperious new Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, hoped to coerce Qatar into weakening its ties with Iran and Turkey, which are fellow supporters of Islamists throughout the region, such as the Muslim Brotherhood.Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2017
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Donald Trump engages in sort of thoughtless insane tariff policy that ends up in prices going up, but jobs not being created in the United States.NBC News, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cash is also seen as thoughtless and low-effort, says Julian Givi, associate professor of marketing at West Virginia University.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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