more than anything

phrase

: very much : very badly
I wanted to believe her more than anything, but I couldn't.
More than anything (in the world), I'd like to visit Paris again.

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Some new entries are attributed to corporate machinations like mergers, spinoffs, and corporate address changes that allow firms to enter the list on a technicality more than anything else. Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 5 June 2023 The musical approach is egregious, too, the tweaks made to the featherlight originals feeling laborious more than anything else. Vulture, 22 May 2023 My elbow’s been the thing that’s bothering me more than anything. Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023 Nate Feuerstein, known to millions as the rapper NF, is, more than anything, the voice of those devastated by America’s opioid addiction. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 6 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for more than anything

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“More than anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20than%20anything. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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