not many

idiom

: only a few
Not many people showed up.

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Some products—not many, but some—just work in cocktails. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025 The workers must then expose the ecosystem to a specific concentration of poison, perfectly calibrated to kill lampreys and not many other fish, for nine uninterrupted hours. Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025 In the world of shareholder activism, there are not many better opportunities for value creation than the activist having a say in identifying a new CEO for a great but struggling business. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025 There are not many basins globally that are undrilled. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not many

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“Not many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20many. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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