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That very person or thing, the same as. For example, In the elevator I ran into none other than the woman we'd been talking about, or It turned out to be none other than Jim in a clown costume. [Late 1800s]

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azure

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How to use none other than in a sentence

None of these, though, has inspired quite the same backlash as fluoride.
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The advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.
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I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
For my friend, a small minority of JSwipe matches materialized into conversations, and none have materialized into dates.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

And yet as Robert Ward discovered, Marvin—for all of his larger-than-life machismo—was surprising in real life.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey