so much as
Example Sentences
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Nicole Weeks, a dietitian in Milwaukee, said parental anxiety around food in shared settings hasn’t necessarily intensified so much as become more visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
This capacity for solidarity-building is the true transformative power of political cinema, which needn’t persuade us that we are all alike so much as show us that in our differences we remain connected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"It wasn't so much as like a celebration, just thank God I'm done. I can just lay down for a second."
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
The DLR researchers stress that the two rockets are not direct competitors so much as different solutions to different problems.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
I was not skeptical so much as blank, unable to understand.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
