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The Word of the Day for August 15 is:

regardless   \rih-GARD-luss\   adverb 
     : despite everything 

Example sentence: 
     The weather forecast called for wind and rain, but Susan 
decided to continue with her plans regardless.

Did you know? 
     "Regardless" is rather simply derived from the 
noun "regard" ("attention, concern") plus "-less" -- nothing too 
shocking about that. But poor "regardless" became embroiled in a 
usage scandal through no fault of its own when people began 
using "irregardless" as its synonym (probably 
blending "irrespective" and "regardless"). "Irregardless" 
originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th 
century, and usage commentators have been decrying it since the 
1920s, often declaring "there is no such word." "Irregardless" 
does exist, of course, but it tends to be used primarily in 
speech and it is still considered nonstandard. "Regardless" is 
greatly preferred.