Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Any longer; at the present.
- adverb From now on.
- adverb Chiefly Midland US Nowadays.
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- adverb Alternative form of
any more .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative
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Examples
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I don’t check my email much anymore, at least not the extra email addresses so much anymore . tonight I got this.
PoeticaL trulypoetic 2003
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"Besides," he added, "when the bottle is poured it's not about the label anymore."
Judging a Wine by What It Wears Lettie Teague 2011
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While nobody uses the term anymore, the thinking behind it is still hugely influential on the continent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism 2010
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On the subject of "splatterpunk": ... to my knowledge no one ever uses the term anymore, other than when they're referring to the time nearly twenty years ago when four writers referred to themselves that way.
The best thing I've read all day Arbogast 2008
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Nothing seems reliable in his title anymore, least of all the Spider-Man character in it.
Name Some I’ds of Your Own! | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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I hear the constant refrain that no one needs a label anymore.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jeff Pollack 2011
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I hear the constant refrain that no one needs a label anymore.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jeff Pollack 2011
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You're right: I don't think liberals delight in the term anymore!
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Maquissar 2010
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You're right: I don't think liberals delight in the term anymore!
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Aschlafly 2010
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Don't have to have the title anymore for me anyhow.
Blogger News Network 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word anymore
This is such a weird word. You have to negate it before you use it! Ergo, this word can only be used to describe things that it doesn't describe.
I think that that's downright spooky.
April 20, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word anymore
The linguistics survey that I've been linking to offers four different maps for the American usage of this word: map 1, map 2, map 3, and map 4.
That third map is definitely the odd one out, and I can't figure out why.
April 20, 2008
asativum commented on the word anymore
My favorite usage of this is one I first encountered in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, meaning roughly "these days." As in: "Anymore, I don't go there," or: "Anymore, you don't hardly have to know someone to get in there."
April 20, 2008