little if any

idiom

: almost no
There has been little if any improvement.

Examples of little if any in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Independent analysts and pollsters see little if any political impact from this debate. David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024 Bark is a tawny gray and, at maturity, this tree’s branching structure is a highly symmetrical dome that requires little if any pruning. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024 There’s often little if any excellence gap between the two groups. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2024 Many people who have 401(k)s put little if any money into their accounts. Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024 Weeks of winter storms have badly eroded beaches in the northern section of town, leaving little if any sand on which to play during all but the lowest tides. By wayne Parry, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024 Russian Defense Ministry / Telegram All this said, little if any of these technologies or concepts are new. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024 Meadows is only too happy to show people his spacious and sunlit office, impressively festooned with White House memorabilia, though with little if any wall space dedicated to commemorating his seven years as a congressman and before that his time as a real estate agent in western North Carolina. Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Your preemptive opening described your hand — seven good hearts but little if any defense — and partner doubled three spades for penalty. Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024

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“Little if any.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20if%20any. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.

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