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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Women took full advantage of this vague wording, with no fewer than 163 casting their ballots between 1797 and 1807. Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025 Since April 7, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted President Trump emergency relief no fewer than 13 times. Steve Woolpert, Mercury News, 4 July 2025 Lynch owned no fewer than five coffee makers stationed throughout his L.A. home. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025 In the resulting vacuum, northern Cauca has seen no fewer than 850 cases of child recruitment just in the last five years, according to indigenous authorities. Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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