anything but
idiom
: not at all
He looked anything but happy.
Though he said he was happy, he looked anything but.
This problem is anything but new.
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However, the partnership between H. Moser & Cie. and Alpine Motorsports is anything but conventional.
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Bhanu Chopra, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
For one thing, Keith Pelley, the head of MLSE, recently suggested that anything but a Stanley Cup would no longer be deemed acceptable.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 29 May 2025
There’s no reason to feel anything but good about what the Broncos have going at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
And if the discourse on social media is to be believed, their journey into education has been anything but seamless, with teachers and social media creators sounding the alarm on Generation Alpha and their relationship with learning and technology.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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Bhanu Chopra, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
For one thing, Keith Pelley, the head of MLSE, recently suggested that anything but a Stanley Cup would no longer be deemed acceptable.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 29 May 2025
There’s no reason to feel anything but good about what the Broncos have going at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
And if the discourse on social media is to be believed, their journey into education has been anything but seamless, with teachers and social media creators sounding the alarm on Generation Alpha and their relationship with learning and technology.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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“Anything but.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20but. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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