How to Use not unless in a Sentence

not unless

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• But Olise won’t be wearing them – well, not unless France surprise us by playing all in pink in their World Cup semi-final against Spain.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• But the fundamentals don’t support a sustained march into triple-digit territory — not unless oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz are significantly constrained.
  — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
• But the Mountain West and WCC will be hard-pressed to corral even one — not unless the competitive dynamics change and someone becomes the new Utah State or the new Saint Mary’s.
  — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
• After all, simply replacing entry-level workers with AI is not an option — not unless business and society are willing to accept, as the older generation retires, that AI agents will be the sole practitioners in these crucial professions.
  — Steve Hasker, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
• But Pakistan was no longer renewing Afghans’ visas, even for the extortionate prices that Saman and Farhad had always paid—not unless the family returned to Afghanistan and presented their passports at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul.
  — George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2026
• But Thursday night’s defeat won’t reflect kindly on Boise State once the College Football Playoff committee begins ranking teams in November — not unless BSU piled up nothing but wins until then.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 29 Aug. 2025