How to Use not bad in a Sentence

not bad

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  • The Sparks are half a game outside the final playoff spot, not bad given how poor some of their performances have been.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • That’s not bad for many situations, and NAND is widely used in high-performance long-term storage, such as solid state drives.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 July 2026
  • If that’s not bad enough, Harrison can play tight end as well and could very well be one of the top two-way players produced out of the San Fernando Valley.
    Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 28 July 2026
  • Well, not bad in terms of trying to showcase how much money Europe is spending on its own defense, with a raft of billion-dollar deals announced with some of the world's largest military contractors.
    Steve Sedgwick,leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • That’s not bad, but for perspective, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 175 points in 125 clutch minutes this past regular season.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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