How to Use not nearly in a Sentence

not nearly

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• Which was not nearly all of them.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
• That was not nearly as much as Jim had feared.
  — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2025
• Though not nearly as far from the depths as Sam.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
• The rematch was not nearly as close.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
• But many health experts say that’s not nearly enough.
  — Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
• Wages rose in the last five years, but not nearly as quickly as home prices.
  — Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
• That was bad, but not nearly so bad as the lack of working toilets.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
• And the build-out in this region is not nearly complete.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
• Inman Grant’s job is not nearly done.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
• Hand twisting was not nearly enough to break the handle free from its head.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
• And so there's not nearly as much discretion on those things.
  — Alexis Davies, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
• The line to enter was not nearly as long, but this was due to studio size.
  — Dennis Warren, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2025
• But the penalties are not nearly harsh enough to deter teams right now.
  — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
• Maryland schools are blessed with many great teachers, but there are not nearly enough of them.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2025
• The mosquitoes were not nearly as bad.
  — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
• To Nash, the scene on Friday was not nearly the worst of it.
  — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
• But there is not nearly as much ad spending to fight the ballot measures.
  — Stef W. Kight, Axios, 30 July 2024
• In any case, $260 million was not nearly enough.
  — Richard Mize, Oklahoman, 14 Jan. 2026
• But some say the efforts are not nearly enough to tackle the problem.
  — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
• EVs need some air to cool their batteries, but not nearly as much.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2024
• Around the palace, the mood was not nearly as effusive as in other years.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Apr. 2026
• China was not nearly as bad as feared, a pleasant surprise.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
• Good luck trying to wash your hands, your face, your hair with snow; there’s not nearly enough of it to do all that.
  — Matty Merritt, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
• But as hazardous as that sounds, too large is not nearly as insulting as too small.
  — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• There are not nearly enough mental health services in the country.
  — Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
• And the winds, while still high, are not nearly as bad as when the fires first broke out on Tuesday.
  — ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
• But that’s not nearly enough, and both states’ plans are still early in the legislative stage.
  — Mark Gongloff, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2025
• Height is often a factor, but not nearly as much as location.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
• But there’s no doubt that on paper, this current Dodgers team is not nearly as good as last year’s team.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
• He’s never plunged into waters quite so choppy, and not nearly so deep.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025