every bit
idiom
: in every way
The end of the movie was every bit as good as the beginning.
This new project seems every bit as ambitious as the first one.
You are every bit as deserving as she is.
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Towne was a natural raconteur whose stories were every bit as rich as his screenplays — as evidenced by an in-depth Variety interview that ran last month — and whose best writing often went uncredited.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 July 2024
And the clock is ticking with every bit of dirt tossed upon them.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
The drinks are every bit as quirky and upbeat: Jell-O shots come in rotating flavors like guava-Midori or peach-amaretto, and coconut-pandan slushies taste like something straight out of a beach vacation.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2024
Those struggles, in part, could be explained by the mastery of Cease, who looked every bit the pitcher who finished second in American League Cy Young Award voting for the White Sox in 2022.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 July 2024
And the clock is ticking with every bit of dirt tossed upon them.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
The drinks are every bit as quirky and upbeat: Jell-O shots come in rotating flavors like guava-Midori or peach-amaretto, and coconut-pandan slushies taste like something straight out of a beach vacation.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2024
Those struggles, in part, could be explained by the mastery of Cease, who looked every bit the pitcher who finished second in American League Cy Young Award voting for the White Sox in 2022.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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“Every bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/every%20bit. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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