nothing but

Idioms  

1. Only, as in She thinks of nothing but money. This term was first recorded about 1380.

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nothing but

The problem for him is that there are nothing but tough questions, and he may not have good answers for many of them.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

Scott and Stauring founded the humanitarian group iACT largely to respond to the crisis in Darfur, a semi-desert plateau in western Sudan that has known nothing but war this century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Especially as the structures cost over a quarter of a billion dollars, and, to some, are giving nothing but “loveless ugliness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The ground was nothing but hardened mud and silt.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Where Doyers Street ought to have been, there was nothing but ominous shadow that Molly was not about to test with her or her girlfriend’s life.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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