certainly not

idiom

: not at all
"Did I offend you?" "Oh, certainly not."

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Even that would be pricey for Miami, though certainly not out of the question. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026 That is certainly not always the case between a founder and the CEO brought in to take over the company after them. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 Hotel employees urged clients not to leave their rooms and certainly not to venture onto the major highways. Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026 Until somewhat recently, Shen said, researchers had produced just a few dozen high-quality cloud simulations — not enough to give physicists a comprehensive view of cloud behavior, and certainly not enough to teach a machine how clouds work. Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for certainly not

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“Certainly not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certainly%20not. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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