nothing short of

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Making a government—a good, republican government, at least—requires nothing short of a miracle.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Prasad seems to believe the cost for drugs that receive accelerated approval exceed their benefits and that nothing short of large double-blind randomized controlled trials should be sufficient to prove a medicine’s efficacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the course of 18 months, Mr. Landsbergis’s courage and steadfastness to settle for nothing short of full independence set in motion something neither President George H.W.

From The Wall Street Journal

But what Newsom has done inside California’s most notorious prison, once home to the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, is nothing short of a remarkable shift of thinking, culture and implementation around what it means to take away someone’s freedom — and eventually give it back.

From Los Angeles Times

"Her actions that day were nothing short of outstanding, and she was rightly commended for her courage and professionalism."

From BBC