for all

for all one cares or knows . So far as one knows; also, one doesn't really care or know. These phrases are employed like a negative. For example, He can buy ten houses for all I care , meaning one doesn't care at all, or For all I know she's gone to China , meaning one doesn't really know where she is. [Mid-1700s]
Also, for all that . In spite of, notwithstanding. For example, For all her protests she still loved the attention , or He's too old for the part but he did a good job for all that . [Early 1300s]

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Worse, she wrote, these mutually corrupting sexual relations become the template for all social relationships, regardless of sex: Someone must take the role of the powerful man and someone must be the subordinate woman.

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"Just to get to be with everyone, for all of us to get to be here and sit together, it does make the difference," she said.

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The national average for all tracks in the survey was 1.32 for the year.

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Overall, psychedelics are involved in hundreds of other clinical trials as a potential treatment for all sorts of mental health conditions, leading some to argue that they have been hyped as “wonder drugs.”

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"We would like to thank the members of the public who provided assistance in the immediate aftermath of the collision and the police officers and paramedics for all of their efforts at the scene."

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Foraker for all intents and purposes

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