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• And last but certainly not least, retinol may be your new best friend.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• Not the best, certainly not yet.
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Not too dry, but certainly not a patch with a large amount of moisture.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
• The British man is certainly not the first tourist to cause such a stir.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
• Trump is certainly not going to act to change these facts on the ground.
  — Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
• Swift is certainly not the first artist who has fought for control of her work.
  — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
• This was almost certainly not his last game off.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• Besides, that wasn’t an easy route to take, certainly not any longer.
  — Margaret Jull Costa, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• No one caught on at the time — not the rest of the cast, and certainly not viewers.
  — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
• Leo has said God doesn’t bless any war, and certainly not those who drop bombs.
  — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
• That is certainly not what Doyle is doing in this film at all.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
• Today, that is certainly not the case.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
• A lot of our history is not talked about and is certainly not taught in schools.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
• That may be the goal, but the company is certainly not there yet.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 May 2023
• Stern’s story is certainly not about war.
  — Nora Gilbert, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
• Last year was certainly not the best version of Treinen.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• None of the Friends are supposed to die, and certainly not this soon.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
• But Primer is most certainly not the best time-travel movie yet made.
  — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
• Yeah, the movie is certainly not as risqué as the title implies.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
• The iftar dinner was the first of its kind for the school, but certainly not the last.
  — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• What a fun moral and legal gray area that will certainly not blow up in anyone’s face!
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
• That’s certainly not the case for others with only one store around.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
• If anything from the recent past, that will certainly not be the case in the short term.
  — Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
• There is niche promise, but this is certainly not the standard of care.
  — Dr. Sunny Patel, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
• No one wants to feel lesser than, certainly not dumber than.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• This much of a step back was certainly not expected.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
• And Schlitz is certainly not alone in this judgment.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
• Clear skies are certainly not guaranteed for eclipse chasers on the ground.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• An upset is certainly not out of the question here.
  — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
• The game was certainly not pretty, as there were a combined eight turnovers.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025