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• The 71-year-old is anything but a neutral-tone queen, though.
  — Kristyn Burtt, Flow Space, 11 Sep. 2024
• The state’s western counties are anything but a monolith.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
• With an 18-episode order, Matlock is anything but restful.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
• Nevertheless, the joint big-screen arrival of the Robinson/DeYoung duo ushers in a future for both that is anything but sketchy.
  — Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
• As a result, court security was beefed up to the extreme — a second set of metal detectors were set up outside the courtroom, and attendees were barred from bringing in anything but pen and paper.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• But as the Celtics will tell you, for the last seven-plus years, it’s been anything but.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2024
• All of this brought a calm to a week that can sometimes be anything but.
  — Simbarashe Cha, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• The smiles and nods at home when things were anything but normal.
  — Eli Cahan, The New Republic, 10 July 2023
• For most people who write for film and TV, the gigs are anything but steady.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• There were times when the journey was anything but smooth.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• But No Scope makes clear that the path from here is anything but assured.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 May 2024
• At the same time, though, the property is anything but hoity-toity.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
• Across the aisle, the nascent Unión por la Patria is anything but united.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Word has been out for some time now: A freeway is anything but free.
  — William Camargo, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• This week, at least, was probably anything but a blast for the founder.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
• That defense was anything but fun for Reading in the first half.
  — Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• But what Apfel chose to do was anything but shrink herself.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024
• But this wet season in the Bay Area has been anything but normal.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2023
• Okay, that was cheesy, but her latest look was anything but.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2023
• But times have been anything but typical for the past three years.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• Shopping for coasters might not be the most thrilling, but these are anything but dull.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
• But even if the Green Sahara is a thing of the past, the desert today is anything but desolate.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
• The former Raiders starter, 32, admitted the Big Easy has been anything but for him.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
• The fiscal year is over — but the Biden border crisis is anything but.
  — Mark Green, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
• Jeremy Allen White The look might be quiet luxe, but the overhaul of Lawrence’s wardrobe in the past year has been anything but shy.
  — Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
• Simple will work just fine for Bryant after a year that was anything but.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• That’s just a fool’s errand and a great way to ensure this season is anything but charmed.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024
• And Scott’s time in Washington has been anything but smooth.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 May 2024
• But rehearsing for the show has been anything but a horror show.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• Focus lock can keep your phone from trying to focus on anything but the eclipse.
  — William Neff, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024