In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— used as a function word to make negative a group of words or a word
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Macmillan
— used for making negatives
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Usage
73 uses of ‘not’ in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
374 uses of ‘not’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle