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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And all the teachers were social documentary still photographers and filmmakers, reminding me that there is as much drama in what is and what was as anything that the human imagination dreams up.
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NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
This is as much an emotional declaration as anything else.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
For institutions and individuals to look to crypto as anything more than a speculative asset, the technology must have legitimate use cases and outperform existing solutions.
—Matthew Kayser, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
When Ferrari first unveiled the Purosangue back in 2022, early marketing messaging attempted to portray the new model as anything but an SUV.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
This is as much an emotional declaration as anything else.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
For institutions and individuals to look to crypto as anything more than a speculative asset, the technology must have legitimate use cases and outperform existing solutions.
—Matthew Kayser, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
When Ferrari first unveiled the Purosangue back in 2022, early marketing messaging attempted to portray the new model as anything but an SUV.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“As anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20anything. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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