How to Use not many in a Sentence

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  • While the search for WIMPs isn’t over, there are not many places left to look.
    Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • But not many games are so easy to pick up and put down.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The year after that, not many people were able to come.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Wow, not many queens would have done such a tight turnaround!
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • Yes, some third party games launch there, but not many, and not most big ones.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The goal is to be at the top of the mountain, but not many can fathom what that looks like or even how to get there.
    Nishith Rastogi, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Fun fact that not many people know, but Kevin [came up] with the ending.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There are not many awards shows that wield the same pomp and circumstance as the Oscar's do.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
  • And not many people could do what Shannen did in one day.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • Keep in Mind The camera is the main feature, so there are not many customizations on the light.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Though not many sprinklers work well with low pressure, this one does a great job of it.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Dirt and grime have a way of getting into all of our devices and not many of us like to deal with that.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • While plenty of fish have teeth, there are not many fish with human teeth.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • But not many of us would tattoo the delicious treat on our faces.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But then again, not many give Milan a chance of beating Napoli before the tie.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But if inflation could blow up one bit of space-time, why not many bits of space-time?
    Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • At the time, there were not many television shows that had been turned into movies.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • That’s the sort of nuanced answer not many 22-year-olds could give, but Young has always been unique.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2024
  • Brownie Marie: So, not many people know this, but my day job has been in tech for about 10 years now.
    Essence, 7 May 2024
  • Three-point shooting is still Mills’ biggest strength, but not many threes have gone in through his first two weeks with the Heat.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In this industry there are not many people that get to end a run like this on their own terms.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 16 July 2024
  • But not many know the details behind their decades-long love story.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • But there’s not many piano players that people are aware of in rock ’n’ roll.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Sprong said there were not many new wrinkles from the Celtics' gameplan from how Friday played out.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • In fact, not many people are chosen to hear Welch’s catchphrase.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
  • Yet, there are not many of these stunning animals left on Earth.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • There are not many better places to connect with nature.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • Once the free tickets were made available online, they were all claimed in 12 hours and there were not many empty seats.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Jones certainly has the right mindset to play the gritty position deep in the trenches that not many in the league can do.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There are gems among them, but not many people were listening.
    Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024

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