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in any case

ADVERB
all the same
Synonyms
WEAK
anyway at any rate be that as it may however just the same nevertheless nonetheless notwithstanding
ADVERB
anyhow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway
WEAK
about any which way around at any rate at random haphazard haphazardly helter-skelter however 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 at any rate however in any event in any manner nevertheless
ADVERB
ever
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consistently constantly continually forever regularly usually
WEAK
anytime at all at all times at any point by any chance endlessly eternally everlastingly evermore for keeps in perpetuum incessantly invariably on any occasion perpetually relentlessly till cows come home to the end of time unceasingly unendingly
ADVERB
regardless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anyway nevertheless
WEAK
against although aside from at any cost but come what may despite distinct from for all that in spite of everything leaving aside no matter what nonetheless notwithstanding without considering without regard to
Antonyms
WEAK
irregardless
PREPOSITION
notwithstanding
Synonyms
STRONG
nevertheless nonetheless withal
WEAK
after all against at any rate but despite for all that howbeit in any event in spite of on the other hand regardless of though to the contrary

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That review process can take months, and Hochman has yet to seek death in any case since restoring the office’s pursuit of capital verdicts last year.

From Los Angeles Times

Conféderation Rurale and Conféderation Paysanne say the policy is being brutally applied, and is in any case unnecessary because a combination of selective culling and vaccination would suffice.

From BBC

“It would create a player that is simply too big. So in any case, some kind of slicing up is needed.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Gino Cecchettin isn't sure such a law would have saved his daughter: her killer was sent to prison for life in any case.

From BBC

Their parents were not there to scold them, not that they would have in any case.

From Literature

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.