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bar none

Idioms  

  1. Also, barring none. Without exception, as in This is the best book I've read all year, bar none. [Mid-1800s]

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In 2018, when I ran for Senate, we had one of the highest levels of voter turnout in Texas history, bar none.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson said it was "absolutely" the best 100m final he has ever seen "bar none".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

It's one of the most essential ingredients in your kitchen, bar none, if not the single most important one.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024

But remember, through the early part of last season, the Seahawks had the worst defense in the NFL bar none.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

He was no ordinary scholar, this man, but the apotheosis of scholars: the most famous personage in Zosma, save the queen and the hierarch, and the most popular, bar none.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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