as in lesser
having not so great importance or rank as another
the restaurant's chowder has been declared the state's best by no less a person than the governor himself
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Kanika Talwar, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
More than a thousand miles from Niagara Falls, Colvin was now homeless and jobless, with less than $200 to show for his two months of labor.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Megan Friedman, Country Living, 17 Nov. 2016
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The study surveyed more than 1,100 financial decision-makers including more than 500 small financial decision-makers with less than 10 employees, more than 400 medium financial decision-makers with 11 to 100 employees and more than 200 large financial decision-makers with 101 to 500 employees.
—Kanika Talwar, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
More than a thousand miles from Niagara Falls, Colvin was now homeless and jobless, with less than $200 to show for his two months of labor.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Get ready for a lot less facial hair on your television.
—Megan Friedman, Country Living, 17 Nov. 2016
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“Less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/less. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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