not so much (something) as (something else)
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Examples of not so much (something) as (something else) in a Sentence
Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
Green Hatch chiles add their unique flavor and a different kind of heat — though not so much as to warrant the fire alarms.
—Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
The inflation data helped to buoy hopes on Wall Street that the Fed may actually pull off the balancing act of slowing the economy and hurting investment prices just enough to grind down inflation, but not so much as to cause a painful recession.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
There’s not so much as a morsel of hope for a reunion, though a U.K. No. 1 album should give some comfort to long-suffering fans of Oasis.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
The United States — home to the largest and most sophisticated AI developers — is somewhere in the middle, placing new safety obligations on developers of the most sophisticated AI systems but not so much as to stymie development and growth.
—Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
Latin American genre is not so much as fitting into market trends as a push-phenomenon driven by genre fanboys and girls.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
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—Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
That strength has a large group of investors believing the Fed may pull off the balancing act of slowing the economy through high rates just enough to smother high inflation but not so much as to cause a painful recession.
—Stan Choe, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Not so much (something) as (something else).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20so%20much%20%28something%29%20as%20%28something%20else%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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