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Discover LudwigThe phrase "not for once" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to express that something is not true or has not happened this time. For example, you might say "He was not late for once."
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Do not, for once, be burdened by concerns about cash.
He had not, for once, succeeded in doing what he set out to do.
Summer Stars series, Ms. LuPone does not, for once, feel like an unstoppable force.
And complimenting Helena Bonham Carter for not, for once, making a spectacle of herself, he elicited a stunning response.
Unlike many social mosaics, it does not, for once, amount to a blunt condemnation of urban existence.
They are thrilled to see a film in which a social worker is the star and not, for once, getting a bad press.
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They would be completely submerged if not for once-a-month gardeners hired by apartment landlords.
This isn't, for once, about the way women look.
Her comeback made me feel fortunate that I hadn't, for once, fallen into a common gender trap.
Bolling wondered aloud why the Muppets couldn't, for once, "have the evil person be the Obama administration".
Didn't for once look too comfortable stepping in at scrum-half, but it was a horrible day.
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