anyways
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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The Puerto Rican said he was recovering from injury but "probably wouldn't have gone anyways."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We are not seeing, so far anyways, much spreading of higher oil prices to prices of other goods and services,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
"We were young and dumb and had summit fever and really wanted to do that route and we continued anyways," Rebekah, a nurse, says.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
“It was already risky. The buildings were vulnerable over there anyways, and people knew that this would come.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
"Where ya callin' from? Where ya at now, anyways?"
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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