as anything
idiom
informal
: as any person or thing
—used in the sense of "very" or "extremely" to make a statement more forceful
He was (as) calm as anything.
It was as obvious as anything that she didn't want to go.
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Perhaps as disconcerting as anything is the lack of circumstances that would create such confusion.
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But the truth of the matter is that voters, and especially those who are new and infrequent participants in the political process, are as driven by events and circumstances as anything else.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
What drew Hill to Elordi was as much the flexibility of facial real estate as anything.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
These bottoms are undetectable as anything other than jeans, due to their photorealistic jean print.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
But the truth of the matter is that voters, and especially those who are new and infrequent participants in the political process, are as driven by events and circumstances as anything else.
—Jamelle Bouie, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
What drew Hill to Elordi was as much the flexibility of facial real estate as anything.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
These bottoms are undetectable as anything other than jeans, due to their photorealistic jean print.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for as anything
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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