How to Use not that in a Sentence

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• To be sure, the worry is not that the AMOC is on the verge of a complete stop.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• To me, the wonder is not that a bunch of people said, Screw that.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• There's just a whole gamut of things that humans can do, and this is not that.
  — Anna Werner, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The reason the election is close is not that the public likes Biden.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 8 June 2024
• So he's seen me through all of my good times, my bad times, this boyfriend, not that boyfriend.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
• Its pass rush, which looked strong not that long ago, couldn’t manage a sack.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The jokes were not that funny, but a little bit of eye contact goes a long way.
  — Sofia D'uva, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
• Whether or not that’s true is still up for debate in some quarters.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• Whether or not that’s a good thing may come down to one’s feelings about the U.S. military.
  — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 May 2024
• Last Call, which premieres on July 9, is not that kind of true-crime doc.
  — Time, 7 July 2023
• Donald Trump is also, of course, not that much younger than Joe Biden is.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
• The real danger of a second Trump term is not that Trump is a man in decline.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• The problem is not that Amos leaving was an egregious call.
  — James Hansen, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2023
• During the press conference, Bowers said that the park is not that big.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
• Whether or not that's a fully salient argument is meant to be open.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2024
• Given the 2017 model year cited by the owner, the car is not that old at seven years.
  — José Rodríguez Jr. / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
• This film, which is a biopic on the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, is not that.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• This could mean that people didn’t use the pilot’s debit card for rent — not that rent wasn’t a challenge.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
• Some of us are old enough to remember the advent of PowerPoint not that many years ago.
  — John Werner, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• However, he's come out of the other end — butt pun not that intended — and is ready to talk about it.
  — EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
• My point is not that my message should replace their message.
  — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• But the Little Island stage, while also outdoors, is not that.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• There was a time not that long ago when this crossover cohort would have been fairly common.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
• Their concern, especially at first, was not that many would wind up in the United States.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• The problem with personalized medicine’s poster child is not that those things are untrue.
  — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
• But the real significance of the event was not that another bunch of propeller heads had joined the ranks of the super-rich.
  — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
• That’s not a very good reason—not that Carol’s reasons for lying were good, either.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• That’s getting into Sozin’s head a little bit — and whether or not that’s a sound strategy is up for debate.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
• Honestly, not that far from how my mom talked about Jesus and random workers at stores.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• The real problem, however, was that his ideas were not that welcome in Kennedy’s Oval Office.
  — Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024