nothing if not

phrase

: to an extreme degree : very
He is nothing if not persistent.

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Frankel is nothing if not wise to her brand, and unflinchingly aware of how to deliver the goods to her audience. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 Lioness is nothing if not consistent in playing up the social and geopolitical anxieties of an outdated American view of the world. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2026 The military is nothing if not secretive, and all of this work could be done in the dark—much the way the Manhattan Project, which developed the world’s first nuclear weapons, operated silently, invisibly, from June 1942 to August 1947. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 But Marx, 61, a former Marine and expert in martial arts, is nothing if not swaggering. Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nothing if not

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“Nothing if not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20if%20not. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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