nothing if not

idiom

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

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Few doubted the photon after 1925, but physicists are nothing if not thorough. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024 An unrepentant maximalist whose genre movies are defined by the mad gluttony of someone born to leave it all on screen, Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto is nothing if not easy to root for. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024 Considered a husband-stealing tramp in Dani’s circle, Hayley is nothing if not confident. Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024 Campaigns are nothing if not aggressive, often-desperate content farms hoping to get attention. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024 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 Nov. 2024.

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