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

Outwardly, at any rate, his confidence in his own ability seems untouched.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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

“We don’t, exactly. But we’ll try to chase him in a particular direction, and at any rate, the stag will likely run straight, down the most direct path.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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