none other than

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Idioms and Phrases

That very person or thing, the same as. For example, In the elevator I ran into none other than the woman we'd been talking about , or It turned out to be none other than Jim in a clown costume . [Late 1800s]

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The single most significant piece of career advice Diego Boneta ever received came from none other than Tom Cruise — and it wasn’t a tip about how to jump off airplanes.

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And, in his fourth at-bat of the night against Chicago Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, none other than Shohei Ohtani was at the plate.

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On Saturday the Lakers rookie head coach had been publicly challenged after the opening loss by none other than Magic Johnson, who tweeted, “Coach JJ Redick did a great job all season but he didn’t do a good job for Game 1. The Lakers stood around on offense, played too much one-on-one basketball, and he didn’t make any necessary adjustments.”

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That decision was authored by none other than Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, the president’s late sister.

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That backbench MP was none other than Rachel Reeves herself – in The Everyday Economy, a pamphlet she penned in 2018.

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