not unless

idiom

: only if
"Will I have to pay?" "Not unless you want to."

Examples of not unless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At least not unless they have been sent to the trash or your spam folder, which the user had already stated was not the case. Davey Winder, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 Shows that are otherwise dominant do not tend to lose the big award, not unless the voters feel like sending a message. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2024 In other words, no amount of money or social support will inspire people to have children—not unless there is some deeper certainty that doing so makes sense. Christine Emba, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024 No, Donald Trump's lawyer argued in federal appeals court Tuesday, not unless they were impeached and convicted in a Senate trial first. Spencer Elliott, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024 The audiobook vertical has still not quite found its footing and may not unless Spotify gets the upper hand over Apple and its App Store policies. Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 6 Feb. 2024 This was no one-off adventure, not unless there is some speedy healing for first-string incumbent Mac Jones or his usual backup, veteran Brian Hoyer. Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022 Private plans also cap out-of-pocket expenses at $8,300 for 2023 coverage while traditional Medicare does not unless a person purchases supplemental coverage. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022 And yet, the shift toward cleaner sources of energy still isn’t happening fast enough to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, the agency said, not unless governments take much stronger action to reduce their planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions over the next few years. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022

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“Not unless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20unless. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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