anymore

adverb

any·more ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr

Synonyms of anymore next

: any longer

I was not moving anymore with my feet—

Anaïs Nin

: at the present time : now, nowadays

Hardly a day passes without rain anymore.

Anymore vs. Any More: Usage Guide

Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in current writing anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative

No one can be natural anymore. —

May Sarton

, interrogative

Do you read much anymore?

, and conditional

If you do that anymore, I'll leave.

contexts and in certain positive constructions.

The Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions. —

Russell Baker

In many regions of the U.S. the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech.

… everybody's cool anymore. —

Bill White

Every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called "Stump the Housebreaker." —

Erma Bombeck

The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the U.S. except New England.

Examples of anymore in a Sentence

I never see them anymore. they don't sell that kind of sandwich anymore

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Lots of Tools for Artists and Designers With higher-resolution displays becoming more common, your old images sometimes might not be good enough anymore. —

PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 Sorry to bum you out, but that’s not gonna happen anymore. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024 Is Ohio a battleground state? Ohio used to be considered a major battleground state, but that's not really that case anymore. —

Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024 With the internet, social media, cable news all dominating the landscape, a swing voter in Georgia is not all that different from a swing voter in Wisconsin anymore. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anymore