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anything

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as in something
any of various things that might exist or occur I can't get anything done with this noise distracting me. Despite searching the library multiple times, he was unable to find anything related to the topic of his research.

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“Anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anything. Accessed 9 Dec. 2022.

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