How to Use not like that in a Sentence
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And there's so much hip-hop out there that was not like that.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
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Many groups were playing the works that year, but not like that.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
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They may not be tied up in little bows, but life is not like that.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 July 2022
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Mickey did not like that one bit and was not shy about letting others know it.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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While some of the utilities may not like that … there is a new sheriff in town.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2025
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The math implies a universe with only one state; our universe is clearly not like that.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
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The difference between bronze and stone is not like that between bronze and steel or granite and basalt.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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The recent revival of labor action, Mott said, was not like that.
—Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
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Secondly, those long balls come with risk, and Guardiola does not like that at the best of times.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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But the deaths in Creature Commandos (and there may be more to come) are not like that.
—EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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These tax cuts are to be funded by borrowing, and the market really did not like that idea.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
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And some things in nature are not like that; not everything depends on everything else.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2024
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But yes, this is very much going to be a mobile game, and many Destiny 2 players will not like that.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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This series is not like that; this is disappearing into a world of luxury and ease.
—Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2022
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Naturally, people did not like that, and Harrison soon left the show.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
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These guys were not like that but many luxury companies try to distort reality.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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The hiring process to become a CHP officer is not like that of other state jobs.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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This upper-level trough’s movement is not like that of the trough pattern that hung out in the upper atmosphere for much of June.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
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But the offensive players did not like that the Packers had opportunities late in the game.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Well, the people of Connecticut apparently did not like that comment.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
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The set was not like that because it was run by women, it was directed by women, written by women, lots of women crew members and helmed by two women.
—Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
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Ostapenko did not like that Townsend failed to apologize for a net cord winner, as is the custom in tennis, and shouted to her box after that point in the first set.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Many players did not like that at all, seeing in it a sudden desire by Sony to capitalize on its unexpected smash hit.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024
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A number of important goods and services flow in both directions, though Trump does not like that America has a trade deficit.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Thomas' brother apparently did not like that answer, which led to Knight suggesting the two men take the argument outside.
—Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2023
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Others did not like that Leni, who turned 18 in May, was modeling for an intimates brand (that’s not up to anyone but Leni, btw).
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2022
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The shower scene is significantly more brutal because our perspective of it is via Hitchcock, the monster for bringing this into movies that were not like that before.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
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Patients who think medical information should come from a doctor — rather than a pharmaceutical marketing department — might not like that.
—Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
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Other gators and crocs, like saltwater crocodiles and American alligators also have really strong bite forces, though not like that of their Nile cousin.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
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Jones, a former police officer, does not like that Lovejoy ISD utilizes a school marshal program that allows campus staffers to be armed.
—Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
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