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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The next part, though, was not that.
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Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Both 19-year-old Sadie Dahl and 20-year-old Kayleigh Clark got four chair turns with their auditions, causing judges Michael Bublé, Niall Horan, Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg to have to fight over them — not that Bublé even had the chance to try and convince the first young lady to join his team.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
As for whether this is the last fans will see (or hear) of Scarlet Witch, her last appearance seemed to mark the end of her run in MCU canon — not that resurrection or the power of alternate dimensions is ever out of the question.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Connecticut conjures up dreams of kind of rolling green hills and Colonial houses, but Milford was not that then.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Both 19-year-old Sadie Dahl and 20-year-old Kayleigh Clark got four chair turns with their auditions, causing judges Michael Bublé, Niall Horan, Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg to have to fight over them — not that Bublé even had the chance to try and convince the first young lady to join his team.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
As for whether this is the last fans will see (or hear) of Scarlet Witch, her last appearance seemed to mark the end of her run in MCU canon — not that resurrection or the power of alternate dimensions is ever out of the question.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
Connecticut conjures up dreams of kind of rolling green hills and Colonial houses, but Milford was not that then.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Not that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20that. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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