if nothing else
idiom
—used to say that something is probably the only thing that is true, acceptable, desirable, or certain because there are no better/worse possibilities
The food is cheap, if nothing else.
If nothing else, there's the party (to go to) this evening.
If nothing else, you should send him a card.
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That, if nothing else, so many more people are learning Claressa’s story?
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Yet without much concession on either side, relations gradually thaw between these two apparent opposites, who are, if nothing else, mutually inclined toward solitude.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
But Tuesday night was a mass infusion of adrenaline, if nothing else.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Roger Kumble’s 1999 film of the same title took Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ frequently adapted Les Liaisons Dangereuses and gave it a modern spin which, if nothing else, understood a lot of what was so pointedly twisty about it.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Yet without much concession on either side, relations gradually thaw between these two apparent opposites, who are, if nothing else, mutually inclined toward solitude.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
But Tuesday night was a mass infusion of adrenaline, if nothing else.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Roger Kumble’s 1999 film of the same title took Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ frequently adapted Les Liaisons Dangereuses and gave it a modern spin which, if nothing else, understood a lot of what was so pointedly twisty about it.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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“If nothing else.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if%20nothing%20else. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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