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• Though not especially roomy, the master suite has enough space for a wee sitting area in the bedroom.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
• This is a hard question to answer, and one I was not especially engaged by.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
• Its driver pay, which varies by city, is not especially high.
  — Kellen Browning, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• Polls are not the same as elections, and Trump’s electoral record is not especially impressive.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 13 May 2023
• The two were not especially close friends but had known each other for years through New York politics and real estate.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• David Montes: Both those pieces of evidence were not especially strange, given the general state of his house.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• Voter turnout was not especially high this year, Mr. Morales says, but citizens seemed to wake up when the first-round election results were announced.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
• And the conditions in the water at the time Mallett was rescued were not especially hazardous or dangerous.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
• In a street rich in halal butchers and supermarkets, Ms. Rashid does not especially stand out.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024
• On its own, the first version of the Limitless system is not especially unusual.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2024
• Left out of that picture, though, is all the work that’s necessary for decarbonization and not especially profitable.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
• The afternoon, at least, was not especially bright with vernal promise.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Blow them away Mosquitoes are not especially strong fliers, so adding a fan to your patio can be an effective deterrent.
  — Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
• At the same time, 49 is not especially uncomfortable, even with only a bare minimum of sunshine.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• The evidence that pro-life views have hurt Republican politicians during the last year is not especially robust.
  — The Editors, National Review, 9 Sep. 2023
• This quarantine doesn’t come easy to Woo-jin (Seo Hyun-woo), a new father who’s not especially superstitious and feels ambivalent about parenting in the first place.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
• In an era of global warming, that's not especially surprising.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2024
• Some of the survivors were not especially political; some had come to the previous Kaplan Street demonstrations.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• But there is a sizable portion who are not especially pleased with his overall job performance as president and many would like the president to take a different approach to the Israel-Hamas war.
  — Jennifer De Pinto, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Murder trials, day to day, are not especially exciting to cover.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• There are plenty of series these days that probably do work best in binge mode, series that are like popcorn — filled with air, not especially nutritional, and addictive.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• They are not especially beloved in the academic world of archaeology.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• A couple of friends hovered nearby, not especially concerned.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• The best bets for cooking oil are likely from sunflower and safflower crops, which are generally GMO–free and not especially water-hungry.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 4 Aug. 2023
• In 1945, the young family settled in Burnaby, a Vancouver suburb that, at the time, was almost exclusively white — and not especially inviting to Black newcomers.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• Unfortunately, on this night, the local crisis team was not especially mobile.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• As the skincare industry has boomed, it’s glommed onto promoting sunscreen use—not especially as an anti-cancer measure, but rather as an anti-aging measure.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• The Pell share at AU is not especially large, but the university’s profile shows that a significant amount of financial aid is targeted toward middle-class families.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• Though only 14 when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and not especially political, Weisberg was outraged over the brutality and injustice of the war and saw the mujahideen (some factions of which would become the Taliban) as heroes.
  — Laura Kipnis, WIRED, 5 Dec. 2023
• But the characters are not especially funny and feel so peripheral to the story that they could be eliminated without affecting anything.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 27 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024