You use anywhere in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist.

You use anywhere in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about a place without saying exactly where you mean.

You use anywhere before words that indicate the kind of place you are talking about.

You use anywhere to refer to a place when you are emphasizing that it could be any of a large number of places.

When you do not want to be exact, you use anywhere to refer to a particular range of things.

You use anywhere in expressions such as anywhere near and anywhere close to to emphasize a statement that you are making.

If you say that someone or something is not getting anywhere or is not going anywhere, you mean that they are not making progress or achieving a satisfactory result.