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• Alex Sharp is not the type to stay in one place for long.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
• This is not the type of film that is getting made, for the most part.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
• Jeanne Bécu was not the type of woman to do as she was told.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 May 2023
• Simons, Billups said, is not the type of player to ask for the ball.
  — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
• Chandler is not the type of person to bask in the limelight.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
• My husband was not the type of person who liked to be told what to do.
  — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• Wagner is not the type to sit back and study the pitcher.
  — Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• These are not the type of games Heisman Trophies are won on.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Rodney said his brother was not the type of person to back down.
  — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 17 May 2024
• The team features alphas, said Holan, but not the type of players who demand the ball.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
• But that’s not the type of highlight the team was aiming for coming out of spring training.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• But that’s not the type of highlight the team was aiming for coming out of spring training.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• This is not the type of ending where there’s forgiveness.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Nelly is not the type to be defeated for too long, so the end is a reset for her.
  — Iris Fanger, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2022
• Nowadays, Ritter is hooked on quilts, but not the type one nestles in at night.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022
• This is not the type of column in which the writer leans in and gives advice to the Democratic Party.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
• This is obviously not the type of channel that is for kids!
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 July 2022
• Georgia Tech is probably not the type of school that's going to pull the plug this early.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 18 Sep. 2022
• No, not the type that keeps your lights on, although that would be interesting.
  — Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 18 Aug. 2022
• The first reviews, which dropped June 6, are solid, but not the type of notices received by The Dark Knight, considered the greatest film of the genre.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
• The first reviews, which dropped June 6, are solid, but not the type of notices received by The Dark Knight, considered the greatest film of the genre.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2023
• Adams also told them that her son is not the type of person to abandon his family.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• This is not the type of win we are used to seeing, and certainly not one producers are used to showing.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• For starters, this is not the type of concert that encourages listening in silence.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The writer James Patterson is not the type of rich person who refuses to talk about being rich.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• Bourdain was not the type of celebrity who stuck to private lessons designed to keep faces unblemished and egos unbruised.
  — Alexander Darwin, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
• By his own admission, Mercer is not the type to let many people know him really well.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
• And anyways, Demna is not the type of designer to find refuge by hiding behind someone else’s ideas.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
• His Bob is not the type of extremist leader who woos followers with pretty words and promises.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• Oasis is not the type of activist to be deterred from one or two losses: Japanese activists are used to losing proxy fights.
  — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024