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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But no one, at that time, knew the outcome of this long road toward the creation of a new nation that would be anything but a rainbow.
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Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
After two years of this brutal war that has been livestreamed instantaneously around the globe, hard would be the heart of whoever does not greet the chance to end the bloodshed with anything but relief.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Still just 24 and in his third season, Young is anything but a complete product.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
But with the envelope rule in play and the pressure mounting, Sunday’s singles are anything but predictable.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
After two years of this brutal war that has been livestreamed instantaneously around the globe, hard would be the heart of whoever does not greet the chance to end the bloodshed with anything but relief.
—Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Still just 24 and in his third season, Young is anything but a complete product.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
But with the envelope rule in play and the pressure mounting, Sunday’s singles are anything but predictable.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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