anymore

adverb

any·​more ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr How to pronounce anymore (audio)
1
: any longer
I was not moving anymore with my feetAnaïs Nin
2
: 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
Recent Examples on the Web People don’t want a midday lunch or a cookie anymore. Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024 Currently without three of its top three-point shooters — Tyler Herro, Kevin Love and Duncan Robinson — because of injuries, Swider’s quality three-point shooting is not a luxury anymore. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2024 My character Leah helps this girl, because her mom isn’t around anymore. Marta Balaga, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024 Everyone is so afraid and are putting up such barriers around everything that people can’t be normal with each other anymore. Marianne Garvey, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 Not everyone is here anymore; children have grown and moved away, and Scott’s mother died last December. Eric Kim, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Given the scale of the devastation wrought by the parochialism of union officials like Jordan, the fact that this tactic just isn’t working anymore is cold comfort. The Editors, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024 There’s not much reason to fear or exalt babysitters anymore—because our society no longer trusts teens to babysit much at all. Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024 Fed officials aren’t concerned anymore that inflation will again surge to 40-year highs or threaten the entire economy. Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of anymore was in the 14th century

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“Anymore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anymore. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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anymore

adverb
any·​more ˌen-ē-ˈmō(ə)r How to pronounce anymore (audio)
-ˈmȯ(ə)r
: at the present time : nowadays
never see them anymore

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