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Being an underdog means people don’t expect much from you, certainly not a success story.
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Quang X. Pham, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
This is certainly not the first time that free speech has come under assault in this country, but free speech remains our right because generation after generation of Americans have dedicated themselves to its protection.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Not that anyone would have minded more music — certainly not Weir.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Instead, Williams is content to observe that skin colors are already well distributed among the poor and whatever inequalities remain are certainly not worth burning down a liquor store over.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
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Quang X. Pham, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
This is certainly not the first time that free speech has come under assault in this country, but free speech remains our right because generation after generation of Americans have dedicated themselves to its protection.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Not that anyone would have minded more music — certainly not Weir.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Instead, Williams is content to observe that skin colors are already well distributed among the poor and whatever inequalities remain are certainly not worth burning down a liquor store over.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Certainly not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/certainly%20not. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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