as in not to mention
to say nothing of
I don't have enough money for a new car, let alone a luxury sedan
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Recent Examples of let alone
The book is organized into menus for events that are hard to imagine attending, let alone hosting, in 2025.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
But to like it, let alone love it?
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
Given today’s political polarization, achieving such majorities for even a bipartisan infrastructure plan seems impossible—let alone for the coronation of a man the amendment was written to prevent.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
As recent graduates from the University of California, Davis, he and co-founder Moby Ahmed had some initial lab data but not much in the way of substantial proof, let alone yarn samples or prototypes.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
But to like it, let alone love it?
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
Given today’s political polarization, achieving such majorities for even a bipartisan infrastructure plan seems impossible—let alone for the coronation of a man the amendment was written to prevent.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
As recent graduates from the University of California, Davis, he and co-founder Moby Ahmed had some initial lab data but not much in the way of substantial proof, let alone yarn samples or prototypes.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Let alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20alone. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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