not that
idiom
—used to say that something said before is not important
I tried to help, not that it mattered.
I saw him with some other woman, not that I care.
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In a bizarre twist, that denial letter listed her husband as the patient but made reference to the care of a newborn, not that of a 52-year-old man having a mental health crisis.
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
For a cold-hearted liar, Cherry is not that ingenious.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
One challenge is that there are not that many locations where people can take their wine corks to be recycled and there is no financial incentive to recycle.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Education explicitly oriented toward liberation—not that which either explicitly or implicitly upholds the status quo—is vital to the process of conscientization.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
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Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
For a cold-hearted liar, Cherry is not that ingenious.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
One challenge is that there are not that many locations where people can take their wine corks to be recycled and there is no financial incentive to recycle.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Education explicitly oriented toward liberation—not that which either explicitly or implicitly upholds the status quo—is vital to the process of conscientization.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for not that
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“Not that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20that. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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