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at any rate

ADVERB
all the same
Synonyms
WEAK
anyway be that as it may however in any case just the same nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding
ADVERB
anyhow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway
WEAK
about any which way around at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however in any case in any respect in any way in either way in one way or another in whatever way nevertheless random randomly regardless under any circumstances whatever happens willy-nilly
ADVERB
anyway
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyhow ever once
WEAK
at all however in any case in any event in any manner nevertheless
PREPOSITION
notwithstanding
Synonyms
STRONG
nevertheless nonetheless withal
WEAK
after all against but despite for all that howbeit in any case in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

Example Sentences

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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

Lewis doesn’t seem to believe this, or at any rate doesn’t offer his readers this necessary insight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

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

From Scientific American • May 4, 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

The Queen picked up the cat She was trying a well- known piseog to amuse herself, or at any rate to pass the time while the men were away at the war.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White