not least

idiom

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

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This was essentially a cost-saving and simplification exercise and few alarm bells rang at the time, not least because BHP retained a standard listing on the LSE, allowing British investors to remain exposed to the business. Ian King, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025 Repurposing that vintage kit for in-depth astrobiology was difficult—not least of all because of how hard the resulting data were to work with. Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025 But bringing the weight of the Justice Department down on state election officials could dramatically affect next year's midterm elections, not least by raising concerns of possible fraud when there has been little if any evidence of it impacting results. Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025 The truth is that subtleties of tonal range, not least brightness and contrast, can be adjusted by the corrector-in-chief. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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