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not

[not] / nɒt /
ADJECTIVE
neither
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ADVERB
no
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On its website, Westfield Mall of the Netherlands announced "that the introduction of Swatch in collaboration with Audemars Piguet will NOT go ahead. The store will remain closed this weekend".

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffith reported that U.S. officials said “this is NOT a restarting of the war.”

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said in a statement to the publication, “This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He added that, "for reasons of decency", he had "chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Early articles, which had depicted her as “well-dressed,” “striking,” the family “perfect,” had given way to snide and vaguely accusatory ones of the ilk of MOM SEZ: NOT MY KID.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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