not many

idiom

: only a few
Not many people showed up.

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There are not many better examples of how teams struggled to get close to City than when a buoyant Arsenal side, leading the title race, visited the Etihad. Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Simulating the Milky Way The Milky Way today is a relatively closed system, meaning not many materials come in or out. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025 Looking at the current state of the roster, there are not many major weaknesses. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 Obviously, with the lack of an OR floor, there’s not many working ORs, so there’s fewer surgeries. Max Gao, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not many

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“Not many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20many. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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