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• Not only is there not much to see from the summit; there’s not really much of a summit to see from.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
• Somebody who is not really worried about what he or she’s got to say about me.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
• The only problem is that you’re not really supposed to fish for them.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
• Make no mistake, there’s not really such a thing as a bad jerkbait, per se.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• He can be brought up to see it as a grievance, or he can be brought up to not really notice it one way or the other.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Right now, there's not really an open door with Gabe and Garrison.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• That’s not really part of the story for the average person.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• His daddy issues, as the film presents them, won’t explain it (not really).
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2024
• That’s not really a good lesson to ignore the person that’s helping us.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• It was revealed in the series finale that Sheen’s character was not really dead, but died in the finale when a piano fell on his head.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• The idea of living a life with an awful lot of ambition, and possibly at times not really seeing what’s around you.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• Tens of millions of people is not really a cult following.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024
• Unlimited free agency is not really in the best interest of the sport.
  — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 12 Apr. 2024
• Apple has come a long way from those 2006 ads, finally acknowledging that the Mac is not really virus-proof.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2024
• That’s not really an issue since our reviewer wasn’t impressed with the app when testing the more expensive Pro Plus.
  — Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
• But while this beef has crossed over into pop culture, the reality is the feud was strictly for hip-hop culture and not really anyone else.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 7 May 2024
• The all-black website reveals no new details about her upcoming vision, but that’s not really going to stop us.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 27 July 2023
• And while some companies are investing in office space to encourage their workers to come back to the office, that’s not really the case at Creatio.
  — Aruni Soni, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• My dad grew up in a rural part of China where most of his relatives are not really documented.
  — Rachel Martin, NPR, 9 June 2024
• There were not really books around at all, and in a dictatorship everything was censored.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• This is a true sipping gin, and has almost moved into its own category—not quite a whisky, but not really a true gin anymore with deep notes of leather, vanilla, and dark fruit.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2024
• There’s usually pomp and circumstance [in royal couplings] but that’s not really what was there.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
• The series has already garnered attention for its boundary-pushing bedroom scenes — in the premiere, Tim sucks Hawk’s toes — but shock value was not really the point.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
• That sounds good in theory, but as constructed, not really.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• This is also a side of China that’s not really seen much on an international level.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
• But Trump’s efforts are not really about finding unbiased jurors to fairly hear his case.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• That’s not really my speed at all, which isn’t necessarily for everybody as well.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Although not really a surprise danger, hurricane‐force winds – 74 mph or more – can destroy buildings and mobile homes, the hurricane center warned.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• Some patients are under the misconception that these systems are not really that secure.
  — WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• The problem is there’s not really a no-brainer defensive tackle option at 21 if Murphy is gone, as now expected.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024