not least
idiom
formal
: especially or particularly
We had many things to consider, not least the safety of our children.
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Now, questions over who will and who won’t go are starting to pile up, not least over which nation might make up the numbers.
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Piotr Skolimowski, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Of course, Meghan can also expect a healthy dose of public criticism, not least from the British press.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Those familiar with the plans said clues to the corporation’s thinking have made their way into the public domain, not least a report in The Guardian newspaper in July, which detailed outsourcing proposals.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025
None of this signals the end of the fossil fuel era, however, not least in Saudi Arabia.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
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Piotr Skolimowski, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Of course, Meghan can also expect a healthy dose of public criticism, not least from the British press.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Those familiar with the plans said clues to the corporation’s thinking have made their way into the public domain, not least a report in The Guardian newspaper in July, which detailed outsourcing proposals.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025
None of this signals the end of the fossil fuel era, however, not least in Saudi Arabia.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Not least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20least. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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