nothing if not

idiom

: to an extreme degree : very
He is nothing if not persistent.

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Novocaine is nothing if not a continuation of a theme, both for Quaid and for the John Wick-ification of action films. Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2025 Few filmmakers have so deftly zeroed in on the specific anxiety of wondering whether authenticity is something even within one’s purview, a confrontation that itself is nothing if not authentic. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025 The subject is nothing if not sensitive, with the bitter dispute resulting in several lawsuits between Lively and Baldoni filed between December 20, 2024, and January 31, 2025. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025 Pee-wee as Himself, the two-part, three-and-a-half-hour doc on both Reubens and the Frankenstein-monster manchild who eclipsed him, is nothing if not a portrait of the artist as a control freak. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nothing if not

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“Nothing if not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20if%20not. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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