as few as
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—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly small
The procedure is recommended by as few as one out of five doctors.
As few as half the students passed the test.
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In Anthropic’s experiments, as few as 250 malicious documents were enough to induce AI models to output gibberish.
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Pregnant women who were in their third trimester and exposed to as few as one to five smoke days were about 11 percent more likely to have a child who was diagnosed as autistic by age five than those who saw no smoke days.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
Highlighting his plan, the tour could have as few as 20 tournaments and a post-Super Bowl start in fan-favorite Phoenix to kick off the season with a bang — similar to NASCAR’s season debut in Daytona.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
The keto diet is very low-carb, limiting carb intake to as few as 20 grams per day.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
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Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Pregnant women who were in their third trimester and exposed to as few as one to five smoke days were about 11 percent more likely to have a child who was diagnosed as autistic by age five than those who saw no smoke days.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
Highlighting his plan, the tour could have as few as 20 tournaments and a post-Super Bowl start in fan-favorite Phoenix to kick off the season with a bang — similar to NASCAR’s season debut in Daytona.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
The keto diet is very low-carb, limiting carb intake to as few as 20 grams per day.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
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“As few as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20few%20as. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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