as anything
idiom
informal
: as any person or thing
—used in the sense of "very" or "extremely" to make a statement more forceful
He was (as) calm as anything.
It was as obvious as anything that she didn't want to go.
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In Davis’s view, candidates and officials have no space to operate as anything other than someone who is exposed to the public’s eye — for better or worse.
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
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Davis seemed unwilling or unable to play Sammy as anything but a version of himself.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The embryonic Xenomorph emerging violently from John Hurt’s chest in the original Alien is as iconic as anything in cinema, and some version of it has appeared in every franchise sequel or prequel since then.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The 2020s are nobody’s favorite decade, so why not retreat into the past (i.e. long before anyone wore face masks outside of a medical context, or thought of Donald Trump as anything other than a buffoonish real-estate mogul) with a nostalgic retrospective of the best 1980s movies?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2024
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
The 50 Worst Decisions in Movie History
Davis seemed unwilling or unable to play Sammy as anything but a version of himself.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
The embryonic Xenomorph emerging violently from John Hurt’s chest in the original Alien is as iconic as anything in cinema, and some version of it has appeared in every franchise sequel or prequel since then.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The 2020s are nobody’s favorite decade, so why not retreat into the past (i.e. long before anyone wore face masks outside of a medical context, or thought of Donald Trump as anything other than a buffoonish real-estate mogul) with a nostalgic retrospective of the best 1980s movies?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2024
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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