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if not

ADVERB

otherwise

Synonyms

STRONG

differently

WEAK

any other way at another time contrarily diversely elseways in different circumstances on the other hand or else or then under other conditions variously

CONJUNCTION

unless

Synonyms

WEAK

but except except for excepting that lest saving without

PREPOSITION

except

Synonyms

STRONGEST

save

STRONG

bar barring excepting excluding exempting lacking omitting rejecting saving

WEAK

apart from aside from besides but exclusive of leaving out minus not for outside of short of with the exception of without

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Balogun may have shone in the US jersey, but if not for an accident of fate he wouldn't even be American.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Once these norms are broken, it will take decades — if not generations — to repair them.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026

But under pressure from the US, it may be left with no option other than to wind down, if not stop, its military campaign.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Yes, she is one of the, if not the, most bipartisan senators in the body year in and year out.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

But there were rumors about Spares being bad luck, and Ravenskillians were nothing if not superstitious.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

if not

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