Excepting
If not and excepting are semantically related In some cases you can use "If not" instead a preposition "Excepting".
If not
If not adverb - Perhaps; indicating possibility of being more remarkable (greater or better or sooner) than.
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Synonyms for If not
Excepting and if not are semantically related in other than topic. You can use "Excepting" instead a preposition phrase "If not".
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His "Big Four" films (Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, and Ran) are often — if not always — included in lists of the best films of all time.Excepting Ikiru, all of his films from 1948's Drunken Angel to 1965's Red Beard featured the actor Toshiro Mifune.
Source: Creator / Akira Kurosawa
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