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Meanings
- by all means, at any cost, no matter what, at any rate, surely
- whether (one is) willing or not, willingly or unwillingly, willy-nilly
- on no account, by no means
- in the end, in the long run, after all, eventually
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There is a dream I absolutely cannot give up.
I went all the way to see her, no matter what it took.
No matter what I tried, I couldn't solve this problem.
There is something I absolutely must attend to.
He stubbornly refused to acknowledge his own fault, no matter what.
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