anybody

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Still asking myself whether anybody will be able to make a copy of the reading of JN tonight bwlass Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 07: 54 PM EST

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  1. pronoun Any person; anyone.
  2. noun A person of consequence: Everybody who is anybody was at the reception. See Usage Notes at anyone, every, he1.

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  • I felt certain that the place, whatever it was, was empty, but I called out to ask whether anybody was at home. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
  • Still asking myself whether anybody will be able to make a copy of the reading of JN tonight bwlass Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 07: 54 PM EST —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Another year or two, if they had only left him alone, he and everybody else would have been all right, rolling in money; and she, his daughter, could have married anybody--anybody. —  Chance A Tale in Two Parts
  • "She'd make an excellent wife for anybody--anybody The captain assented with a nod Nobody could have a better wife," said Mr. Truefitt The captain, who was watching an outward-bound barque, nodded again, absently She's affectionate," pursued Mr. Truefitt, "a wonderful housekeeper, a good conversationalist, a good cook, always punctual, always at home, always The captain, surprised at a fluency so unusual, turned and eyed him in surprise. —  Salthaven
  • She didn't wish to see anybody--anybody but the doctor and Mrs. Darling. It was cruel, heartless, brutal on his part to come in and taunt and torment her when she was so helpless and ill. —  Under Fire
 

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/ˈɛnɪbɑdi/
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