for all
Also, for all that. In spite of, notwithstanding. For example, For all her protests she still loved the attention, or He's too old for the part but he did a good job for all that. [Early 1300s]
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How to use for all in a sentence
Could anger at the Obamacare rollout make Americans more receptive to a kind of Medicare-for-all system?
Single Payer Is Getting a Second Life as Obamacare Frustration Peaks | David Freedlander | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were surely trying to locate as many rightful owners as possible before the media free-for-all, but news got out.
Nazi Art Hoard Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Lost Art | Noah Charney | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe less urbanized Persian empire recovered first and seized the chance to launch a once-and-for-all war against depleted Rome.
What started as a website to promote his run for presidency in hours became a free-for-all for negative commentary.
Oops! Putin Creates an Online Forum for Detractors—Then Censors It | Anna Nemtsova | January 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Internet has emerged as a pharmaceutical free-for-all in recent years.
It was nearly eleven o'clock when the free-for-all running race was announced.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe method pursued was to read a chapter, and follow with a free-for-all exposition of it.
Around Old Bethany | Robert Lee BerryThe most exciting feature of this weekly frivolity consisted of a free-for-all exercise in mental arithmetic.
I wondered about Marian; somehow I still don't like seeing a woman tangled up in a free-for-all.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithThe Virginia reel was a marvel of supple, exaggerated grace and the quadrille looked like a free-for-all for unbroken colts.
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