as little as
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—used to suggest that a number or quantity is surprisingly small
I could be back in as little as five days.
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Stay at the campground in a cabin for as little as $50 a night and have access to the river before and after the day visitors do.
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
In parts of Montana, temperatures with wind chills could fall as low as 40 below zero for some areas, with residents urged to take precautions as frostbite can occur in as little as 10-20 minutes in these dangerously low temperatures.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
In the end, Williams and Wilmore will have spent potentially more than eight months on board the station for a mission that was originally targeting as little as an eight-day stay.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025
While the funding freeze is supposed to last for as little as 90 days, aid workers say the damage done to aid work globally would require extensive investment and rebuilding to mend.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
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Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
In parts of Montana, temperatures with wind chills could fall as low as 40 below zero for some areas, with residents urged to take precautions as frostbite can occur in as little as 10-20 minutes in these dangerously low temperatures.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
In the end, Williams and Wilmore will have spent potentially more than eight months on board the station for a mission that was originally targeting as little as an eight-day stay.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025
While the funding freeze is supposed to last for as little as 90 days, aid workers say the damage done to aid work globally would require extensive investment and rebuilding to mend.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
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