not least

idiom

formal
: especially or particularly
We had many things to consider, not least the safety of our children.

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United’s recent financial concerns are well-highlighted, not least by the swathe of redundancies undertaken since Sir Jim Ratcliffe arrived as co-owner in early 2024. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 21 May 2025 But perhaps more damaging has been his administration’s assault on critics—especially foreign students and even green card holders—that has cast a pall over climate activism in the world’s top economy, not least since Trump once again withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement. Charlie Campbell, Time, 16 May 2025 Experts have dismissed an analogous design for the U.S. as impractical—Israel's defenses are vastly different from America's for several reasons, not least the size of the country. Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 The announcement was greeted with considerable social media mockery — not least of all from the streamer itself. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for not least

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“Not least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20least. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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