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Idioms and Phrases

By no means, not at all, as in He is anything but ambitious for a promotion . William Wordsworth in his long poem, The Prelude (1805–1806), wrote: “Grief call it not, 'twas anything but that.”
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Example Sentences

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While the government of Canada may not have changed hands, the federal election results are anything but business as usual.

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“The Democratic Party, who has presented itself as the resistance, has up to this point done anything but resist.”

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"No one was really thinking about anything but making sure everyone was safe."

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In what should be an easy tell, in each of these cases “efficiency” was the rallying cry, though the regime’s actions and their results were anything but.

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For Dr Bradley, though, it is anything but.

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