How to Use just on in a Sentence

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  • What are your thoughts just on the new belt and where does that rank on the to-do list?
    — Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The fans can, for the most part, focus just on baseball.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The grill on the heater is at the top of the large unit, which helps the heat circulate into the room rather than just on the floor.
    — Katie Begley, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • All of these foods are found just on the other side of that restaurant wall.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And the full moon that occurs just on or after March 21 is known as the Paschal full moon.
    — Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Spill your guts to them at a run club or during an ice bath or just on a nice walk in the park.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There's also no gaudy branding on the back (just on one edge).
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • The focus was just on making pitches and one out at a time.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
  • How could anybody live just on contest prizes for such a long time?
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • It can be used for horses that are just on the bubble of making the field and only need a few points.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
  • It’s been amazing the whole time, but everybody was just on fire.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The backpack has the same compartments as the other bags just on a smaller scale.
    — Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The renewal comes just on the heels of the show’s successful premiere.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 2 Feb. 2023
  • So the gas tax is just on gas, or the cigarette tax is just on cigarettes.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The decorations are not just on the streets, but inside stores, too.
    — Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Brentwood is really hard to beat just on its own but to be down 16, that’s even tougher.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The team has reintroduced him slowly in the spring, playing just on third downs in the Tide’s first scrimmage.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 19 Apr. 2023
  • And that really just sat with me and gave me perspective just on life.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Both parks are just on the edge of the path of totality, so while the eclipse won’t last as long as other parts of the state, the shadow will still fall on the parks.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • However, the best Way Day deals aren't just on furniture and decor ...
    — Samantha Jones, Good Housekeeping, 12 Apr. 2023
  • And that’s just on the $31.8 billion borrowed in the first eight months after the anti-ESG law went into affect.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Both these teams are just on the edge of a playoff berth, though either could still play their win into the postseason.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Joining this family — not just on screen, but off screen too.
    — Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Mann estimates a total of $6 million was spent just on building cars for the movie.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • In a way, Saturday seemed to dwell just on the winter side of the great March divide between the season of darkness and the season of light.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Chefs have been using this tactic for years, and not just on holiday birds.
    — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Same large leaves and beautiful, large white flowers, just on a very compact tree.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
  • Do a little bit of research, rather than selecting just on price.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The other part of this, Margaret, is, just on straight demographics.
    — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Our apartments were mirrors of each other, just on opposite sides of the parking lot.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023

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