always
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- adverb
- /ˈɔlweɪz/
- No matter the situation, you should always try your best.
- always a good idea
- always have the option
- it is always possible
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then so, so I could always do that.
- And then so, so I could always do that.
- And you also want to know that doing less is always an option.
- So it so it is quite, quite useful to to try to do that, but you don't always have to have a definition as such.
- And I knew in my head, I'm like, if this gets much worse, I've always got that as an option.
- He previously said in just the last Federal Reserve meeting, He said, you know, we can always just print more money if we over tighten.
- And yeah, I mean, I could always do also motherfucking popping.
Examples
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I also think though, that just having full transparency isn't always the best way forward.
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- But I always say, "Better safe than sorry."
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Yes, being nice is not always the the best option.
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Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit.
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Well, you can always ask someone to do it.
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Indeed, if we did not fish regularly, we did not always have enough to eat.
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So I at least there will always be that backup plan.
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She said things are not always as they seem.
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Every time we go for a walk you're always planning something.
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Sure, there's always this chance that, you know, things could screw up, correct?
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Etymology
Always can also be seen as all + ways, like 'all ways', which helps remember the second meaning: you have the option at any time, so always can mean 'at any time'.