anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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As the city changes around them, all three are forced to contend with a past that won’t let go, and a future that is anything but certain.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 May 2025
For the moment, Bail Organa is alive and well, and there to assist Mon Mothma in her extremely public, defiant exit from the Senate, and from pretending to be anything but vehemently opposed to everything the Empire does and stands for.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
The size and weight of these trucks mean the damage is often catastrophic — and recovery is anything but simple.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Trading a 2026 first-round pick to the Rams for the right to jump 20 spots and select a second edge rusher, James Pearce, at No. 26 was anything but — and a move most execs around the league questioned.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 May 2025
For the moment, Bail Organa is alive and well, and there to assist Mon Mothma in her extremely public, defiant exit from the Senate, and from pretending to be anything but vehemently opposed to everything the Empire does and stands for.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025
The size and weight of these trucks mean the damage is often catastrophic — and recovery is anything but simple.
—Ascend Agency, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
Trading a 2026 first-round pick to the Rams for the right to jump 20 spots and select a second edge rusher, James Pearce, at No. 26 was anything but — and a move most execs around the league questioned.
—Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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