not for
Example Sentences
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“I’m not, for lack of a better way of saying it, dying for it to happen, but I’d just like to find some way to communicate to everyone on either side that everything’s fine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The reaction may have been even better if not for some mixed guidance for fiscal 2027.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It stands condemned not for violence or connection to it but for filing legal motions with Israeli courts—that’s it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Some placards at the protests have highlighted the participants' unhappiness about the concession of land to foreign developers, declaring Albania is "not for sale".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The Spiritualist press covered Maggie’s exposure as a tragedy, not for the Spiritualist movement, but for the once great mediums Maggie and Kate Fox.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
