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at any rate

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at any rate

more exactly. I don't think they liked my idea — at any rate, they weren't enthusiastic.

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China's population must be seven hundred millions, eight hundred millions, nobody knew how many millions, but at any rate it would soon be a billion.

The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context

At any rate, this whole fiendish transaction was soon hushed up.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context

He leaves him for Barbara at any rate, and hopes she is better.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

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