by any means
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The final ending doesn’t make “Pretty in Pink” a poor film by any means, just a product of its time.
From Salon
This is not to say England have been perfect by any means – nor that everything that has come this winter is forgotten.
From BBC
A former Tennessee governor and speaker of the House, Polk won the presidency in 1844 by promising to expand the United States by any means necessary.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s become a great asset for me, because it’s what I’m known for. But I’m not reinventing the wheel by any means,” he said.
From Salon
It claims the children's deaths were "the foreseeable result of ByteDance's engineered addiction-by-design and programming decisions", which were "aimed at pushing children into maximising their engagement with TikTok by any means necessary".
From BBC
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