no fewer than
idiom
: at least
—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
No fewer than 1,000 people attended the meeting.
No fewer than 80 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary.
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In the past few months, no fewer than five new cards have rolled out with MSRPs between $299 and $429.
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PC Magazine, 22 June 2025
Boca have no fewer than four: Cavani, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Since the adoption by the United Nations of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, no fewer than 186 countries have signed an international treaty that both demonizes the traditional use of coca and calls for the complete eradication of the plant.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Benedict Biscop, founder of the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow in Northumbria, traveled to Rome no fewer than five times—in part, one presumes, to get books.
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 22 June 2025
Boca have no fewer than four: Cavani, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo and Sergio Romero.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Since the adoption by the United Nations of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, no fewer than 186 countries have signed an international treaty that both demonizes the traditional use of coca and calls for the complete eradication of the plant.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Benedict Biscop, founder of the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow in Northumbria, traveled to Rome no fewer than five times—in part, one presumes, to get books.
—Bernd Roeck
june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for no fewer than
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“No fewer than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20fewer%20than. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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