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
Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile in the day-glo halls, other Team X members surrender… but are shot dead regardless.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
Some earlier special editions could eke out a few more, but regardless, the Evora was the fastest car Lotus had ever made.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
But Martinis and his colleagues pressed on regardless, publishing a proof-of-principle experiment (opens a new tab) using five qubits in 2014.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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However, football lifer Dan Quinn knew not to thrust the rookie quarterback into a leadership role regardless.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile in the day-glo halls, other Team X members surrender… but are shot dead regardless.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 Dec. 2024
Some earlier special editions could eke out a few more, but regardless, the Evora was the fastest car Lotus had ever made.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2024
But Martinis and his colleagues pressed on regardless, publishing a proof-of-principle experiment (opens a new tab) using five qubits in 2014.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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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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Frank Santoro with the L.A. County district attorney’s office argued the probation department was making the necessary improvements and releasing youth inside would be reckless.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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He’s become poised to the point of being unrecognizable from his Young Josh days as a gunslinging, sometimes reckless quarterback who sometimes took himself, his teammates and Bills fans on Sunday roller-coaster rides.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The inconsistency at Adelina extends to its service, with a waitstaff that is generally kind, friendly and accommodating, yet simultaneously inattentive and minimally familiar with the restaurant’s concise menu.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
2 June 2024
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President Bill Clinton was relatively inattentive to Asia at the beginning of his administration but later revitalized the U.S.-Japanese alliance and stabilized U.S.-Chinese ties, notably by negotiating China’s accession to the World Trade Organization.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
Adjective
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The main symptom is a skin rash, which may be dry, itchy, irritated, and swollen.2 Most commonly, eczema rashes appear on the face, head, elbows, and/or knees.—
Laura Dorwart,
Verywell Health,
7 Jan. 2025
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The three stages are flu-like illness, mouth sores, and skin rash.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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His careless blind backhand pass in the neutral zone on a Blackhawks power play was intercepted and the Calgary Flames went down the ice to score their fifth goal of the game — and the fourth Jones was on for Monday night.—
Scott Powers,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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People with depression may be distracted on the road, have a slower reaction time, or have careless or impulsive driving behaviors, like hard braking or speeding.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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To this day, heedless shootings at parades are not unheard of in the Big Easy.—
Maurice Carlos Ruffin,
TIME,
3 Jan. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The sometimes impetuous Nasser and the reserved and uncharismatic Hasan al-Hudaybi, the Brotherhood’s general guide (the top official) at this time, grew to hate each other in the years immediately following the revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2018
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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
Adjective
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Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hearing swung from thoughtless to scandalous when one representative suggested that the murderous hawk was a better mascot for Planned Parenthood than for New Hampshire.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Regardless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regardless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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