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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White has made four consecutive outfield starts and gone 5-for-15 with two doubles, two homers, six runs and seven RBIs in those games, and all of his teammates seem as thrilled about his performance as anything else in their recent success.
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
And yet some film business insiders have been acting less than enthused, driving people including Ben Stiller to critique trade coverage that described the results as anything less than a resounding achievement.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Whites refused to see their homeland as anything but a victim of communism or to admit that Red Army soldiers were defending their country against Nazi aggression.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
But these are genuine new songs that hit as hard as anything on the original album, produced by her core collaborators Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Oscar Törres, grieving the death of a relationship.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
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David O'Brien, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
And yet some film business insiders have been acting less than enthused, driving people including Ben Stiller to critique trade coverage that described the results as anything less than a resounding achievement.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Whites refused to see their homeland as anything but a victim of communism or to admit that Red Army soldiers were defending their country against Nazi aggression.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
But these are genuine new songs that hit as hard as anything on the original album, produced by her core collaborators Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Oscar Törres, grieving the death of a relationship.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2025
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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