not by any means
idiom
: in no way : not at all
It's not by any means certain that he'll come.
I was not happy about the arrangements by any means, but I agreed to do it.
Examples of not by any means in a Sentence
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It should be noted that McCormack is not by any means a writer of westerns; his work is much harder to categorize.
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Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
And that’s not by any means to point the finger away from me.
—Scott Miller, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
But Decker says getting Home Depot through this slump is not by any means a turnaround story.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 9 June 2023
This is not by any means the largest injustice Wong documents in her book, but there’s something particularly heartbreaking about a child taking on the burden of an adult’s pain — a betrayal of some larger social contract.
—Francie Lin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
But Decker says getting Home Depot through this slump is not by any means a turnaround story.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 9 June 2023
This is not by any means the largest injustice Wong documents in her book, but there’s something particularly heartbreaking about a child taking on the burden of an adult’s pain — a betrayal of some larger social contract.
—Francie Lin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Maybe, not by any means guaranteed.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
In other words, support for social causes is not by any means a purely left-wing phenomenon, but somehow that has been forgotten in recent years.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
And that’s not by any means to point the finger away from me.
—Scott Miller, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
But Decker says getting Home Depot through this slump is not by any means a turnaround story.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 9 June 2023
This is not by any means the largest injustice Wong documents in her book, but there’s something particularly heartbreaking about a child taking on the burden of an adult’s pain — a betrayal of some larger social contract.
—Francie Lin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
But Decker says getting Home Depot through this slump is not by any means a turnaround story.
—Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 9 June 2023
This is not by any means the largest injustice Wong documents in her book, but there’s something particularly heartbreaking about a child taking on the burden of an adult’s pain — a betrayal of some larger social contract.
—Francie Lin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Maybe, not by any means guaranteed.
—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 20 July 2022
In other words, support for social causes is not by any means a purely left-wing phenomenon, but somehow that has been forgotten in recent years.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Not by any means.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20by%20any%20means. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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