How to Use not just in a Sentence
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The train is not just for the youths but kids at heart, said Lewis.
— Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2024 -
The press ate it up—not just the pizzas, but the theater of it.
— WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023 -
And just the impact across the board, not just in music.
— Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023 -
That effect spills over not just to the tax charges but to all of the fraud charges in this case.
— Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024 -
Black love comes in many forms—not just the love of a partner but also the love of a people.
— Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024 -
So the child is born with the wisdom not just of an old woman, but with thousands of them.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The future is not just in creation but in the impact of that creation.
— Ali Aksu, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2023 -
Ryan Gosling's dog costar in his upcoming movie The Fall Guy is not just a punch line.
— Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 -
And the spy tool continues to be deployed in the country, not just to combat crime.
— Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023 -
And not just any old comedy—one of the absolute best comedies of the 2000s.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 -
This pair, which takes a cue from pants Oprah and Gwyneth Paltrow have worn, has more than enough and is a style that’s not just jeans or slacks.
— Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024 -
And being back on the Disney lot because that’s not just Freaky Friday for me.
— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 July 2024 -
At Sunday’s game, Messi proved to be a draw not just for King, but for an array of stars as well.
— Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023 -
With roots in China, mooncakes are not just confined to the mainland.
— Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Debt is not just numbers on a balance sheet for people.
— Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023 -
That’s because not just the Israeli public but the Israeli Supreme Court has put the issue on the agenda.
— Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024 -
Things that puncture not just plastic bags but human skin and flesh.
— Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 -
In fact, the focus is not just on old favorite shows but beloved characters, as well.
— Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024 -
And that will be a problem not just for the early ’90s kids, but for everyone who follows.
— Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Hall said the community, not just in Valley View but across the region, has stepped up.
— Tom Johanningmeier, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024 -
The advice applies year round, not just in the spring and summer when flashes of light are visible.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2024 -
In effect, quantum mechanics does not just give you dice to play with.
— George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015 -
The lack of rotations is a problem across the Ukrainian military — not just for infantry on the line.
— Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Hamas’ reign of terror is not just an Israeli problem, but one that impacts us all.
— Houston Keene, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023 -
This is done not just for kids, not just for Disney fanatics, but for anybody.
— Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024 -
The scenes required not just trust among the characters, but also among the actors offscreen.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023 -
And there was a lot more of that in not just the South but in early America than people really talk about.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023 -
This approach allows the model not just to talk about chess but, in a crude sense, to actually play it.
— Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 -
To be thought of in that way, to not just move on to the newer, better, younger versions, but [to be offered] to come back and play that part is really cool.
— Shania Russell, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024 -
The point, Chung added, is to continue to add to the world that was already built, and not just to express himself as a filmmaker within that world.
— John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
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