not by any means
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While Dr Chung sees no harm in healthy adults "trying it out", he also says results tend to be "minimal gains", adding that "it is not, by any means, a wonder drug".
From BBC
Said Seal in an interview with The Times in 2023: “I’m not by any means the world’s greatest singer, but I have a thing that I do, and ‘Kiss From a Rose’ is a showcase of that.”
From Los Angeles Times
A partial answer does surface halfway through “Close Your Eyes,” but that’s just another door Erice entices us to walk through — not, by any means, a neat resolution.
From Los Angeles Times
“The findings are not by any means conclusive,” says Lary Walker, a neuroscientist at Emory University.
From Science Magazine
It should be noted that McCormack is not by any means a writer of westerns; his work is much harder to categorize.
From Los Angeles Times
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