have-not
Example Sentences
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One limitation in the current program, they argue, is that EPSCoR grants are rarely large enough to enable have-not institutions to effectively compete against those boasting billion-dollar research programs.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 12, 2021
Eventually — I’m hoping around April or May — we’ll lose interest in who’s a have-shot and who’s a have-not.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2021
Yet even in a 2019 season in which TV viewership is on the upswing, there is a big disparity between a handful of have and have-not teams.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2019
That's easy: Because the have-not owners are mad, and the other possible solutions, which include stricter salary caps, would pit them against the player's union in a losing fight.
From Golf Digest • Sep. 16, 2019
A knight with a silver suit of armour would immediately call himself a have-not, if he met a knight with a golden one.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
