How to Use not nearly in a Sentence

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• But some say the efforts are not nearly enough to tackle the problem.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• Hand twisting was not nearly enough to break the handle free from its head.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
• Last year, 4,111 heart transplants were performed in the U.S., a record number but not nearly enough to meet the need.
  — Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 7 June 2023
• But that’s not nearly enough bling for the 24-time Grammy winning artist.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024
• Dew points will still be in the 60s, but not nearly as muggy as the past several days.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• The slices were small like Canyon Bakehouse, but in my opinion the flavor was not nearly as good.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• The slices were small like Canyon Bakehouse, but in my opinion the flavor was not nearly as good.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• Their sense appears to be that the evils of the past are not nearly as dangerous now as the willingness to talk about them in the present.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2023
• Yet what played out was a contraction of 3.1%—still a huge loss of output, but not nearly as dire.
  — Time, 12 Jan. 2023
• And so there's not nearly as much discretion on those things.
  — Alexis Davies, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
• But there is not nearly as much ad spending to fight the ballot measures.
  — Stef W. Kight, Axios, 30 July 2024
• The ice diluted a bit, but not nearly as much as usual.
  — Ginger Perra, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
• But there’s no doubt that on paper, this current Dodgers team is not nearly as good as last year’s team.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
• And those 450 miles were not nearly enough of a deterrent on their own to stop the flow of migrants and drugs over the southern border.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Oct. 2023
• But not nearly enough to meet the goals of the Paris accord and stave off even more extreme events like what’s recently struck Brazil.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Nov. 2023
• The changes should be enough to power the Mountaineers out of the Big 12 cellar but not enough — not nearly enough — to make the program relevant.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
• Some justice for the survivors has, indeed, been achieved; not nearly enough as hoped for and deserved.
  — James Hill, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024
• But the number of strikes this year is not nearly as large as the labor activity seen prior to the 1990’s.
  — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• The situation should improve in the Big 12, but not enough — not nearly enough — to fully close the shortfall.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2024
• A couple of times quarterback Taylen Green was able to bounce some runs, but not nearly as often.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• Cold tubs are very common at the college level, but not nearly as much on high-school sidelines.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023
• Cold tubs are very common at the college level, but not nearly as much on high-school sidelines.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023
• And the current crisis will cause banks to pull back on lending but not nearly as much as in 2008, economists say.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
• That’s not nearly enough time to get a rhythm, especially when neither played in Game 1.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
• Seven weeks was not nearly enough time to soothe Ons Jabeur’s emotional wounds.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Trogons are one prize awaiting birders at Madera Canyon, but not nearly the only one.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• So that’s just $13 million in cap space -- not nearly enough to add an All Star -- if Butler simply signs elsewhere.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024
• Our male dolls were plastic wannabes, not nearly as dashing as Malibu Ken.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• Once on American soil, the migrants subsist in makeshift open-air camps, where the number of tents are not nearly enough for the number of migrants.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• This forgiveness is not nearly as generous as Biden’s plan that was quashed last June.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024