How to Use if anything in a Sentence

if anything

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  • Call the number on the back of the physical card if anything looks wrong.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Review the terms before making a payment, and walk away if anything feels rushed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Ruf is one of those performance car companies that does very little wrong, if anything.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • In the months since, nothing has changed; if anything, conditions have only gotten worse.
    — Brady Tillett, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
  • What, if anything, will change on the ground at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in the meantime?
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026
  • Judging by some of the examples laid out above, that last sentence is, if anything, an understatement.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • No longer are most of them financially dependent on their children; if anything, their descendants are more likely to ask them for help.
    — Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • What’s left — besides finding a Democrat to run in his place — is figuring out what, if anything, can be learned from this debacle.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The day after receiving her results, Royers forwarded them to the city’s lead office, asking if anything could be done.
    — Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The agency also didn’t provide additional details on what else, if anything, may have constituted a threat.
    — Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • Plus, if anything happens to the SSD, you’re covered with a generous five-year warranty.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
  • Its specific platform components are if anything less popular.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • What controls this cellular remodeling in aging, if anything?
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And while oversaturation typically leads to burnout, that hasn’t been the case here; if anything, the cool-girl sneakers have only gotten more popular.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But if anything the whole situation, everything on social media, has really just brought this team closer together.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Rather than embrace the new practices that the team had introduced and leadership had supported, the agency largely treated them as a threat and, if anything, dug in to the status quo.
    — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Stop in to admire the watercolors, acrylics, photography, and jewelry—among other mediums—and see if anything catches your eye.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Your smartphone receives a notification if anything suspicious is spotted, or if the doorbell is rung, obviously.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The task force’s job is to make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, who ultimately have final say over what, if anything, is funded.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
  • The mash-fest seems to fit the streamer’s sweet spot of entertainment-heavy sporting events, though if anything, its presentation of the derby felt surprisingly subdued in comparison to past spectacles.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 July 2026
  • This script explained which different camera positions were desired; if anything wasn't possible, the astronauts would offer suggestions of better locations.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 July 2026
  • Critics, lay and professional alike, apprehend and describe what’s happening on the page, stage, screen, and beyond, and what artists and other unreachable beings make of that, if anything, is their divine prerogative.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Zach Boyd, who heads Utah's AI office, has said Doctronic has, if anything, erred toward over-caution, routinely kicking uncontroversial decisions up to a physician.
    — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Banks generating this kind of profit growth while still building loan-loss reserves for consumer and CRE stress are, if anything, demonstrating that current capital levels are compatible with robust performance, not an obstacle to it.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • There is not much, if anything, that Beshear, Kentucky lawmakers or the Senate could do if McConnell remains in office but is unable to perform his duties between now and when the current Congress expires in January.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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