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.

Examples of no fewer than in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Similar feelings are stirred by the vast catalogue of the Bru Zane label, which, since 2009, has recorded no fewer than forty-four French-language operas from the extended Romantic era, many of them as obscure as Laetitia Pilkington. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

Since his first full professional season in 2022, he’s thrown no fewer than 119 innings, and threw 124 or more in Double-A and Triple-A in each of his last two seasons. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025

In the past six weeks, no fewer than 33 percent of the nearly two-dozen star bars on Lower Broadway have opened or announced new developments. —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025

All-Star, Dies at 97 From 2021-24, McMahon played no fewer than 151 games a season while averaging 22 home runs, 72 RBIs, and slashing .245/.326/.422. —Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025

Rhymes for no fewer than

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