anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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But the razor-thin margins across the polls means the outcome of tomorrow's election is anything but certain.
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The Asia Pacific Cross-border Payment Landscape Today: A Patchwork of Initiatives
Asia’s cross-border payment landscape is anything but uniform.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Create an elevated space that's anything but stuffy with these decorating and design ideas.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
And a month into his tenure, those fears have been anything but quelled.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
The Asia Pacific Cross-border Payment Landscape Today: A Patchwork of Initiatives
Asia’s cross-border payment landscape is anything but uniform.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Create an elevated space that's anything but stuffy with these decorating and design ideas.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024
And a month into his tenure, those fears have been anything but quelled.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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