not a thing

Example Sentences

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“There is not a thing that comes to mind,” she said, a response, according to her memoir about the election “107 Days,” she would come to regret.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Back then people frowned at the notion of eating between meals, so snacking was not a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"Traditional medicine is not a thing of the past," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video released ahead of the three-day conference.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

There’s this thing about being an artist and having another job, it’s not a thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

There was not a thing to indicate that the group was making any progress at all across the desert.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park