How to Use that in a Sentence

that

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  • I need a nail about that long.
  • I didn't realize the book was that long.
  • What would you do with that much money?
  • The food prices are not that bad.
    Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Kerkez did not make it that far.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The process wouldn’t be that easy.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Their wins haven't even been that close.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • That should not be that hard to do.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The cost of these boats is not that high.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • In short, things just don’t look that bad.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The amount may not be that big of a gap.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • But not that much in the grand scheme of things.
    Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Hasn’t been that high since March.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 June 2026
  • Gosh, isn’t that crazy that that’s still a thing?
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 17 June 2026
  • Even Musk hasn’t gone that far.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • And the smoke point for olive oil isn't even that low.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The Nineties didn’t even sound that great.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • No, the Chiefs don’t stretch out that far.
    Pj Green april 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Potente is bred to go that far.
    ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody is that good at that age.
    Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • May the real match be that tight.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Is it supposed to last that long?
    Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The wins are that much sweeter.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There are very few voices that go that low.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But fitting back in isn’t that easy.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • So the problems are that much worse.
    Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That just makes the problem that much worse.
    Tovia Smith, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The words don’t matter that much.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Thank you for being that open with me about it.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Are their student loans still that bad?
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025

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