not that
idiom
—used to say that something said before is not important
I tried to help, not that it mattered.
I saw him with some other woman, not that I care.
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Whether or not that was legal remains contested in court.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The rather over it Patrick Steptoe (Nighy on auto-pilot, not that anyone would complain), who’s been laughed into the margins of the medical community for bogus reasons, and therefore in reluctant need of a new project.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Consequently, stalled arrivals are not that surprising.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Well, the answer is not that simple, according to science.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
The rather over it Patrick Steptoe (Nighy on auto-pilot, not that anyone would complain), who’s been laughed into the margins of the medical community for bogus reasons, and therefore in reluctant need of a new project.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
Consequently, stalled arrivals are not that surprising.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Well, the answer is not that simple, according to science.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Not that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20that. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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