How do I search through a Range of cells in VBA for excel for values that are a strings not equal to "phrase"

I've been asked to program a simple enough task in VBA, I usually work with Java and have never even looked at VBA. I'm not really getting what I want when i google it so I thought i'd ask here.

How do I search through a Range of cells in VBA for excel for values that are a strings not equal to "phrase"

Apologies for what seems like such a simple question but this isnt my area, any feedback is much appreciated

Martin