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 5 Oct. 2026.

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