as anything
idiom
informal
: as any person or thing
—used in the sense of "very" or "extremely" to make a statement more forceful
He was (as) calm as anything.
It was as obvious as anything that she didn't want to go.
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The shaded areas of the map show the approximate boundaries where air quality is available and listed as anything other than good.
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Kristi Tanner, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
But many residents are unlikely to see a council vote to establish a city-level grocery tax as anything other than a new cost being foisted on them by City Hall.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
But this is still grand blockbuster filmmaking: The scene where bombs explode across Gotham is as memorable and terrifying as anything in the series.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The international situation is as complex as anything that this country has had to face for a long time, and it will not be resolved by taking comfort in crudely binary thinking, such as home/abroad or Russia/China.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2025
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Kristi Tanner, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
But many residents are unlikely to see a council vote to establish a city-level grocery tax as anything other than a new cost being foisted on them by City Hall.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
But this is still grand blockbuster filmmaking: The scene where bombs explode across Gotham is as memorable and terrifying as anything in the series.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The international situation is as complex as anything that this country has had to face for a long time, and it will not be resolved by taking comfort in crudely binary thinking, such as home/abroad or Russia/China.
—The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2025
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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