no less than
idiom
: at least
—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
No less than half the students failed the test.
She has had no less than a dozen job offers.
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Others took the opportunity to post Musk’s legendarily inept Elden Ring build, which boasted no less than two shields, but no healing flask (somehow, his character had managed to reach level 111).
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
But the real fear that those incidents created was no less than what was instigated by the military dictatorship in South Korea.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in Amnesty's longstanding campaign of lawfare against and vilification of the State of Israel, having previously accused the Jewish state of the equally unfounded charge of apartheid.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Still, the perception is one of a breaking point, from no less than franchise icon Dwyane Wade, who had his own contractual contretemps with Riley, Arison and the Heat over his Hall of Fame Heat career.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
But the real fear that those incidents created was no less than what was instigated by the military dictatorship in South Korea.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
This charge, no less than a modern-day blood libel, is just the latest attack in Amnesty's longstanding campaign of lawfare against and vilification of the State of Israel, having previously accused the Jewish state of the equally unfounded charge of apartheid.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Still, the perception is one of a breaking point, from no less than franchise icon Dwyane Wade, who had his own contractual contretemps with Riley, Arison and the Heat over his Hall of Fame Heat career.
—Ira Winderman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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“No less than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20less%20than. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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