not many

idiom

: only a few
Not many people showed up.

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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 Even without Marner, this team still possesses a depth of high-end offensive talent (Matthews, Nylander, Knies, Tavares) that not many foes can match. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 These earphones also have a hearing aid feature for those with mild hearing loss, and it's authorized by the FDA, which is a handy feature that not many other earphones can boast about. PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025 There’s not many teams that can put four guys that don’t start into the game [on the offensive line] and feel confident about going and winning a game, especially on the road. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 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 14 Oct. 2025.

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