How to Use not that in a Sentence
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The reason Dunnhumby could not be cloned was not that the math was hard.
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Aneesh Reddy,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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The lesson is not that Beijing always succeeds or does so quickly.
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Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
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If flows thin out or stop, the conclusion is not that the pipeline failed or that Iran couldn't deliver.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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Barrett wrote that voters must make their decision by a specific day, not that the ballots must be received on that day.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
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Barrett wrote that voters must make their decision by a specific day, not that the ballots must be received on that day.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
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America’s healthcare challenge is not that too few people have insurance.
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Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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The reason enjoyment matters so little is not that Mexican workers don't value it.
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Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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The lesson of the pentagon is not that confidentiality matters less.
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Senthil Muthu,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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The assessment confirmed that knowledge entered short-term memory, not that the knowledge became a behavior.
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James Glover,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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So the career of saying this film, not that one, gives way to a bitter understanding that the medium was indifferent to attempts at discrimination and prospects of a pantheon.
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Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
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The pitch is not that London has never seen healthy food for busy people before, but that the smoothie—a category often caught between gym slop and shopping-centre sugar rushes—could be made credible.
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Lela London,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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