or anything

phrase

informal
: or a similar thing
Do you want some pretzels or anything?

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Not some sort of huge miss or anything, and this should encourage players who may have been on the fence. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The same goes for cleaning supplies, aerosol cans, or anything flammable or heat-sensitive. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 21 July 2026 Any attempts to offer him food or supplemental feed or anything like that are more likely to cause harm than do good. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Once launched, Eärendil-1 would deploy an 18-meter-wide steerable mirror to demonstrate that technological feat; anyone or anything in the path of its beam would see the satellite as a glaring dot shining up to four times brighter than a full moon. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for or anything

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“Or anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20anything. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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