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not many

idiom

: only a few
Not many people showed up.

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What are five things that very few people know about Mark that would really impress him and add a layer of personalization that not many people engage with? Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025 There's not many past analogs to draw from and say [with confidence] about how this is going to go. Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025 Maybe not many, maybe not for long. Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025 The problem has been that, despite being on the field a bit, especially in recent games, not many people outside the program really knew what Cutforth was capable of. Idaho Statesman, 23 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 1 Dec. 2025.

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