How to Use not so fast in a Sentence

not so fast

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• But not so fast, this story has layers.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
• But others were not so fast to dismiss the president's threat.
  — Chris Tye, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Bouncer body language, like, Hey buddy, not so fast.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
• Peter thinks he's won — Milo is home, the threat to his family is gone — but not so fast.
  — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
• The theory has been dismissed as nonsense while others have said, in effect, not so fast.
  — Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
• The unemployment rate fell in June and normally that's good news, but economists are saying - not so fast.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 July 2026
• But here in a hotel ballroom, the party’s beleaguered moderates have another message — not so fast.
  — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
• Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise may seem like an unlikely place to find beauty inspiration, but Paul says not so fast.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
• But not so fast, says Michael Mandel , chief economist at the Progressive Policy Institute.
  — Alex Sherman,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
• But not so fast, says Jeremy Schachter, branch manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation.
  — Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• Another battle is unfolding involving states that have already paid out full benefits after a federal judge ordered it, but before the higher court said 'not so fast,' NPR's Tovia Smith says.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025