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Discover LudwigThe phrase "shock of not" is not a standard expression in written English and may be confusing without context
It could be used in a context where someone is expressing surprise or disbelief about the absence of something. Example: "The shock of not receiving the expected news left her speechless."
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And the shock of not seeing the twin towers.
Some officials say antiquisation was a sop to offset the shock of not being let into NATO.
Anyway, "it" has arrived at last, and we cannot get over the shock of not being disappointed; we had almost been looking forward to that.
She says that after the initial shock of not having her children in the house, she became aware of a new freedom.
"The first is what's called 'Curiosity-Drive Theory' or 'Perceptual Curiosity', which says we pursue knowledge to alleviate uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty or the shock of not knowing something (a trait often associated with people prone to anxiety, for example).
CHICAGO — Yes, there will be the shock of not going to work on the fifth floor of City Hall on Monday, as Mayor Richard M. Daley has for more than two decades.
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The cause is argued to be the shock of Paris not meeting unrealistic expectations of its idealised image of high culture.
It was the shock of phrasing, not the awe displayed, that startled me.
We don't know whether it was shock or fear of not being allowed to go home again because of his age.
April 26 , 2012 was a date that shocked the conscience of not only an entire nation, but the world.
Once again, I found myself in a state of shock, not only because of the film itself, which was made in 1931 and forgotten for many years, but also for the evidence it bore, that of our creative diversity.
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