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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The state Department of Education had recommended the bond issue of no less than $300,000 for a new building and the $275,000 figure represents a compromise.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That makes this film no less than an egregious downgrade.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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).
—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
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
That makes this film no less than an egregious downgrade.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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).
—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
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“No less than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20less%20than. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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