How to Use not really in a Sentence
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That a comment made in frustration, or a sharp response in a thread, does not really count.
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Laura Muirhead,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Skepticism is a harder creative brief than easy optimism, and this is a rare beer ad that is not really about the beer.
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Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Herbert's wager is that the first few expensive accidents change that math, and that the extreme case is not really about gadgets at all.
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Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
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The match started with Paraguay producing the opening opportunity in the first minute before the Germans came into the game and began dominating proceedings, though not really doing much in the attacking end.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
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