as little as

phrase

used to suggest that a number or quantity is surprisingly small
I could be back in as little as five days.

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On July 24, Box Office Theory cast the widest net among its fellow prognosticators, projecting that the film, domestically, could make as little as $228 million or as much as $274 million in its opening weekend frame. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Ferguson and Levin argue that those ubiquitous CAPTCHA tests will be useless in as little as five years, meaning that humans are going to have to identify themselves in other ways if bots are not going to hijack everything. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 As the Fed meets this week to consider an interest rate hike, Kevin Warsh is saying as little as possible about that, inflation and his own thinking. Andrew Ackerman, Washington Post, 26 July 2026 Get it for as little as $17 at Amazon, and keep scrolling to shop more of the brand’s comfortable bras below from just $12. Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for as little as

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“As little as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20little%20as. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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