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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So while people are dealing with it, there are things like art and laughter that are just as good a medicine as anything else.
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Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
Treating him as anything less would be a recipe for an early first-round playoff exit.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
All that seems so long ago and far away—and yet as vivid as anything that has happened to me recently.
—David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
Russia did not take Minsk seriously as anything but a platform to escalate demands.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2022
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Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
Treating him as anything less would be a recipe for an early first-round playoff exit.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
All that seems so long ago and far away—and yet as vivid as anything that has happened to me recently.
—David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
Russia did not take Minsk seriously as anything but a platform to escalate demands.
—Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2022
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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