How to Use if anything in a Sentence
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Ruf is one of those performance car companies that does very little wrong, if anything.
—Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 9 July 2026
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In the months since, nothing has changed; if anything, conditions have only gotten worse.
—Brady Tillett, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
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Judging by some of the examples laid out above, that last sentence is, if anything, an understatement.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
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What’s left — besides finding a Democrat to run in his place — is figuring out what, if anything, can be learned from this debacle.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
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Plus, if anything happens to the SSD, you’re covered with a generous five-year warranty.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026
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Plus, if anything happens to the SSD, you’re covered with a generous five-year warranty.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
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Its specific platform components are if anything less popular.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
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But if anything the whole situation, everything on social media, has really just brought this team closer together.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
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Banks generating this kind of profit growth while still building loan-loss reserves for consumer and CRE stress are, if anything, demonstrating that current capital levels are compatible with robust performance, not an obstacle to it.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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There is not much, if anything, that Beshear, Kentucky lawmakers or the Senate could do if McConnell remains in office but is unable to perform his duties between now and when the current Congress expires in January.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
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