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
But now aged 24 she says "it's not a thing anymore".
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
It was not a thing he had control over.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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