at least

phrase

1

: at the minimum

at least once a week

2

: in any case

at least you have a choice

Examples of at least in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That said, the agreement appears to stop short of any concrete purchase commitment, and the two-month trade truce extension appears to be somewhat constrained compared to analysts’ pre-summit expectations of at least six months. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Planned Parenthood Votes has so far spent at least $500,000 to run ads that include a female voter who regrets voting for Collins because of her Kavanaugh vote. — Kimberlee Kruesi, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Throw in at least eight penalties a game over that stretch as well. — Pj Green september 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

At that point, there were at least four people losing sleep over one Rolex. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for at least

• deceased
• decreased
• increased
• northeast
• policed
• released
• southeast
• beast
• ceased
• creased
• east
• feast