How to Use not just in a Sentence

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  • The press ate it up—not just the pizzas, but the theater of it.
    — WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023
  • And just the impact across the board, not just in music.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That effect spills over not just to the tax charges but to all of the fraud charges in this case.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Black love comes in many forms—not just the love of a partner but also the love of a people.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
  • So the child is born with the wisdom not just of an old woman, but with thousands of them.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The future is not just in creation but in the impact of that creation.
    — Ali Aksu, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Ryan Gosling's dog costar in his upcoming movie The Fall Guy is not just a punch line.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • And the spy tool continues to be deployed in the country, not just to combat crime.
    — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And being back on the Disney lot because that’s not just Freaky Friday for me.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 July 2024
  • At Sunday’s game, Messi proved to be a draw not just for King, but for an array of stars as well.
    — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Debt is not just numbers on a balance sheet for people.
    — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
  • That’s because not just the Israeli public but the Israeli Supreme Court has put the issue on the agenda.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Things that puncture not just plastic bags but human skin and flesh.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And that will be a problem not just for the early ’90s kids, but for everyone who follows.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Hall said the community, not just in Valley View but across the region, has stepped up.
    — Tom Johanningmeier, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
  • The advice applies year round, not just in the spring and summer when flashes of light are visible.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 June 2024
  • In effect, quantum mechanics does not just give you dice to play with.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • The lack of rotations is a problem across the Ukrainian military — not just for infantry on the line.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Hamas’ reign of terror is not just an Israeli problem, but one that impacts us all.
    — Houston Keene, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This is done not just for kids, not just for Disney fanatics, but for anybody.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
  • The scenes required not just trust among the characters, but also among the actors offscreen.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2023
  • And there was a lot more of that in not just the South but in early America than people really talk about.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • This approach allows the model not just to talk about chess but, in a crude sense, to actually play it.
    — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
  • This is not just about this Congress or this group of legislators.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
  • This year, doctors have not just one but multiple new shots to prevent RSV.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Its owner lost not just his business, but also his home and pets, Burton said.
    — Miguel Almaguer, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Pity poor Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton), and not just for the unfortunate name.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • As the holidays get in full swing, more parades are taking off not just on downtown streets across San Diego County but on the bay.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In the movie, Kate is figuring out how to not just track tornadoes but actually stop them.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 14 July 2024
  • Those behind them should face not just civil but real criminal penalties when caught.
    — Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024

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