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nothing short of
Idioms and Phrases
The equivalent of, the same as, as in His accusation is nothing short of slander . This term is slightly stronger than little short of , meaning “almost the same as,” as in Her claim is little short of stupid . The first term dates from about 1800, the second from about 1830. Also see short of .Example Sentences
Gen. Pam Bondi has called these acts of violence and vandalism “nothing short of domestic terrorism” and threatened harsh consequences.
The hearing in Newark was jurisdictional, but it felt nothing short of existential.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has already moved to squelch independent decision-making by immigration court judges, threatening them with nothing short of dismissal should they rule against the president’s prerogatives.
In fact, the deluge of eye-opening, antidemocratic policies that we’ve witnessed in just the first 50 days of his presidency should be considered nothing short of a perverse escalation of the recent past.
Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told the BBC that it was "nothing short of incredible" that the military was continuing to "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people" after the earthquake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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