anyways
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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“But then that’s also what a film set is like. Once you’re on a great film set, you’re all family anyways, you’re all interconnected and leaning on each other. And with similar emotional pitfalls.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
I wasn’t used to that anyways, that whole movie thing where you hurry up and wait.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
In general, nutritional changes to help menopause would work better if they began long before menopause anyways, said Dr. Mary Scourboutakos, a nutritionist at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025
Of the Armagh fans, he said: "They're a bit shocked to hear that I am a Galway man but listen we'll all be sitting beside each other in Croke Park anyways."
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
That was what I thought at first, anyways.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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