Synonyms

bar none

Idioms

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

Example Sentences

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“They are, absolutely, bar none, the most popular team,” Kuriyama said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

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

"For me, Captain Holt was the best aspect of that show, bar none," says Amon Warmann, contributing editor and columnist at Empire magazine.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

And with nary an exception, when it came to the Beatles versus his family, the Beatles won the sweepstakes every time, bar none.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 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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