not many

idiom

: only a few
Not many people showed up.

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There’s no shortage of beach towns in Southern California, but not many have just the right balance of surf culture and local energy quite like Huntington Beach. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025 Understandably, not many quarterbacks would want to sit behind a redshirt junior who took his team to the CFP the year before. Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025 And not many people can get that kind of power. NBC news, 9 Nov. 2025 The thing is, not many people know much about him. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 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 21 Nov. 2025.

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