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not

[not] / nɒt /
ADJECTIVE
neither
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ADVERB
no
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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

"Being a dirt bag is not authentic. You know, being a dirt bag is being a dirt bag," Pennsylvania centrist Senator John Fetterman told CNN.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In Ghee’s view, the current market environment is not exhibiting the same type of exuberance seen in the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

They reimagined Zegna as a brand, not just a supplier.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Doctors do not know that each thread is a bundle of microscopic neurons.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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