not that
idiom
—used to say that something said before is not important
I tried to help, not that it mattered.
I saw him with some other woman, not that I care.
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Whether or not that’s advisable, there was power to watching their convictions reshape another family’s situation.
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The series is produced by See-Saw Films; it was adapted for television by Will Smith — not that Will Smith, this one.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The novel’s set in New York’s high society at the end of the nineteenth century—not that long ago—and its precise, elegant prose is by no means impenetrably alien, but there’s enough distance from us to trigger a response like Susannah’s.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The lesson is not that force never shifts numbers.
—Debra Gittler, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
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J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The series is produced by See-Saw Films; it was adapted for television by Will Smith — not that Will Smith, this one.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The novel’s set in New York’s high society at the end of the nineteenth century—not that long ago—and its precise, elegant prose is by no means impenetrably alien, but there’s enough distance from us to trigger a response like Susannah’s.
—Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
The lesson is not that force never shifts numbers.
—Debra Gittler, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for not that
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“Not that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20that. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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