How to Use not by a long shot in a Sentence

not by a long shot

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• But not all, not by a long shot.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
• This isn’t my first rodeo with the cuisine, not by a long shot.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• This is not a guarantee—not by a long shot.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• These games aren’t meaningless for them — not by a long shot.
  — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• But the whole process is certainly not perfect, not by a long shot.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Feb. 2022
• Cooper isn’t just here to defend, however — not by a long shot.
  — Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
• Colorado’s population growth hasn’t been all bad, not by a long shot.
  — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
• Wind and solar power will not replace fossil fuels anytime soon -- not by a long shot.
  — Jeffrey Ball, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
• The inferno is not done with Los Angeles yet, not by a long shot.
  — Lesley M. M. Blume, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
• But gas giant planets aren’t the upper limit for how massive something can be, not by a long shot.
  — Big Think, 14 Apr. 2026
• The end of the regular season is not the end of Baylor’s season, not by a long shot.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
• Not that anyone would call Baylor a Cinderella team, not by a long shot.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2021
• This element isn’t even the weirdest part of Extraction—not by a long shot.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
• The Bruins did not play their best game of the season on Saturday, not by a long shot.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
• The Bottom Line Your website isn’t done after launch—not by a long shot.
  — Curtis Priest, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
• This won't be the only product LolaVie formulates, by the way — not by a long shot.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 8 Sep. 2021
• Her sight isn’t fully restored, not by a long shot, but the darkness has been replaced with rough shapes and patterns of light and dark.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2011
• And while the drought hasn't ended (not by a long shot), the storms have finally come — in very dramatic fashion.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2014
• Alex was sentenced to life for the murders of his wife and son, but with so many dubious deaths in his wake, this story isn’t over — not by a long shot.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Wyoming’s maternity-care gap, however, is not the state’s issue of highest concern — not by a long shot.
  — Katie Klingsporn, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• But the Tesla and SpaceX executive didn’t get the most reader votes — not by a long shot.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
• This is not everything Gotham needs to do to spark the production of more housing and, in the process, hold down the cost of living, not by a long shot.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
• This wasn’t the first time restricted or secret information was shared on War Thunder—not by a long shot.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2023
• As these examples demonstrate, institutions in the Global South are not starting from zero — not by a long shot.
  — Muhammad Ali Pate and Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 9 May 2022
• Englund's appearance in Stranger Things 4 isn't his only connection to modern-day horror; not by a long shot.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 June 2022
• That’s not what state leaders need to showcase the military as a possible career path for students, nor what could help the armed services with recruiting, and not by a long shot.
  — Jim Cowen, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Liberal defenders of Biden are increasingly lambasting political coverage -- and not just Fox's, not by a long shot.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 2 Dec. 2021