of course not
idiom
—used informally to say no in a way that shows one is very definite
"Are you angry with me for being late?" "Of course not!"
"Did you take the money?" "Of course not!"
Examples of of course not in a Sentence
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March data was of course not available Monday, but ridership numbers for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and dyeing the Chicago River will show March to be a good month for riders, Director of Capital Investment and Implementation Nicole Barker said.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
But of course not for Menzel, who sings throughout.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Although of course not bound by guidance executive orders, the aforementioned SEC and FTC (the latter infamous for its recent merger and competition guidelines) are nearly frozen but have ample guidance in play.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Fortuyn was of course not the first to tap into popular anxieties about immigration or to blame immigrants for crime and urban disorder.
—Rogers Brubaker, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2017
No, of course not for the homeowner whose house is flooded.
—Warren Sturman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Will the Chicago White Sox win this game……of course not.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
But could the treaty, going back to England’s King Richard II, be in jeopardy because one of his very distant descendants, Prince Harry, has decided to buy a second home in Portugal?
OK, of course not.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
And of course not everyone in the business gets it.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2024
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
But of course not for Menzel, who sings throughout.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Although of course not bound by guidance executive orders, the aforementioned SEC and FTC (the latter infamous for its recent merger and competition guidelines) are nearly frozen but have ample guidance in play.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Fortuyn was of course not the first to tap into popular anxieties about immigration or to blame immigrants for crime and urban disorder.
—Rogers Brubaker, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2017
No, of course not for the homeowner whose house is flooded.
—Warren Sturman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Will the Chicago White Sox win this game……of course not.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
But could the treaty, going back to England’s King Richard II, be in jeopardy because one of his very distant descendants, Prince Harry, has decided to buy a second home in Portugal?
OK, of course not.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
And of course not everyone in the business gets it.
—Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Of course not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20course%20not. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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