not what it was
Example Sentences
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“This is simply them delivering on a promise, and the market itself is not what it was when they had first conjured up the vehicle,” Drury said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But “the bottom line is $20,000 now is not what it was two years ago,” Eustache Clerveaux, a financial planner at Fidare Wealth Solutions, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
They might still be very talented, but it’s just not what it was.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"It's very sad to see that the relationship is obviously not what it was," President Trump told the newspaper on Tuesday.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
We were simply sparked, ignited—free to wander hand in hand, all the world before us, not what it was but what it could be, the world to come, the one we made ourselves.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
