in any event
Example Sentences
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A spike in oil prices, in any event, tends to affect some economic sectors more than others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Unlike athletes from many other nations competing, members of Team GB at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina are not given additional money for winning a medal in any event.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
She will need a lawyer to buy a house, in any event, and it’s a false economy to try to navigate a divorce — they are rarely, if ever, amicable — without representation.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025
"Whether departmental protocols were followed depends on how the FBI carried out the search, but in any event would not warrant damages."
From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024
Strict separation of the races would have threatened slaveholders’ immediate interests and was, in any event, wholly unnecessary as a means of creating social distance or establishing the inferior status of slaves.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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