at most

phrase

variants or at the most

: as an extreme limit

took him an hour at most

Examples of at most in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Management wants a cap and a floor that would cut down disparity in payrolls along with restricting a player to at most 15% of his team's payroll. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

The business model is based on making a very small quantity of extremely labor-intensive clothing for ultra-wealthy clients that number, at most, a few thousand. — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Some garages and lots warn would-be parkers of the potential danger of flooding, like the lower levels of the Aventura Mall parking garage, but at most parking spots in South Florida the policy is buyer beware. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Those two extra votes arrived an hour at most before Tribal Council. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for at most

• almost
• engrossed
• foremost
• hindmost
• impost
• inmost
• lamppost
• leftmost
• necrosed
• outpost
• pancoast
• rightmost