nothing if not

idiom

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

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The Spurs are nothing if not the most patient organization in the league. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2025 Cuomo, as governor, was nothing if not a builder — or, more specifically, a rebuilder. Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025 Of course, Trump’s face was only the most ubiquitous image to be found on devices that were nothing if not obsession-minting machines, wedging likenesses into our brains by the tens of thousands. Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025 Sure enough, Wednesday's series opener was nothing if not a shootout. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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