How to Use not likely in a Sentence

not likely

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• That’s not likely to change soon.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
• That’s not likely to change in the last few days of his term.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
• Trump is not likely to take this lying down.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
• That is not likely to change anytime soon.
  — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
• The race is very close, and that’s not likely going to change.
  — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
• But the past three weeks have made clear that air strikes alone are not likely to achieve that goal.
  — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
• The Orioles are not likely to trade away their younger stars.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
• Even games like Monday are not likely to change that.
  — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• That is not likely in the storm given the wind forecast.
  — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
• That’s not likely to happen until one of us dies.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
• While victims are not likely to ever be made whole, there is a win here.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• But the numbers are not likely to get better.
  — Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2026
• But lying for votes, experts say, is not likely a crime on its own.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
• Smallmouths from that area are not likely to move down nor breed with my local bass.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 11 Jan. 2024
• At this stage of the process, though, that’s not likely to hold their attention.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
• Miran is not likely to be a decisive vote on any rate cuts this week.
  — Erin Doherty, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
• Even if realized, a deal would not likely endure for very long.
  — Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
• But that's not likely to happen if your teen has never made a sandwich on their own.
  — Mia Taylor, Parents, 10 Sep. 2024
• But the three teams that followed did, and the trip overseas is not likely to derail this team.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
• Despite a historic funding push by the state, that’s not likely to change.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
• An ideal market would, of course, have a ratio of one to one, but that’s not likely.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2023
• Poaching is a problem, though not likely the entire cause.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
• And thanks to the climate crisis, in the long run, the deficit in flows is not likely to be reversed.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
• It should be reserved for when proper healing is not likely to occur on its own.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
• That is not likely given a recent flurry of filings in the case.
  — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
• The show is expected to sell out and tickets will not likely be available at the door.
  — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
• The high-stakes dispute is not likely to be resolved by higher court review for months.
  — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
• But within the boardroom, hope is not likely to replace caution any time soon.
  — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
• Trump is not likely to spend his term sheltering in place in the White House.
  — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
• Returning to the lakefront, or looking the same as in the past, is not likely at this point.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026