just yet
idiom
: right now
—used in negative constructions to say that something is not done yet or true yet but will be soon
I don't have the table finished just yet.
"Are you ready to leave?" "Not just yet."
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Don't put away that winter jacket just yet.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Saltz also doesn’t recommend trying the keto diet for depression just yet.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Spring may not have arrived just yet, but the time for getting your vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers ready certainly has.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
That exercise underlines the fact that unsupervised learning can’t replace physicists just yet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Saltz also doesn’t recommend trying the keto diet for depression just yet.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Spring may not have arrived just yet, but the time for getting your vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers ready certainly has.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
That exercise underlines the fact that unsupervised learning can’t replace physicists just yet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for just yet
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“Just yet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20yet. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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