at any rate

Idioms  

1. In any event, whatever the case may be; also, at least. For example, At any rate, I promise to be there even if I'm a little late, or It may not pay well, but at any rate it's a job. [Early 1600s] Also see in any case.

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at any rate

He simply doesn't compare to Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Bukayo Saka or even, this season at any rate, Chris Wood at Nottingham Forest.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025

I’m no longer completely convinced by the ½ camp, at any rate.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023

The fifth executive to whom he supplies a key is a top — or at any rate 27th floor — executive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

But it has also produced a sustained reaction or counterimage of Poe as a tragic hero, a tortured, misunderstood artist who was too good – or, at any rate, too cool – for his world.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023

‘But the Sun at any rate must peep in sometimes,’ said Merry.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Related Words

• anyhow
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