nothing less than
idiom
1
—used to give emphasis to a description
The idea is nothing less than revolutionary.
2
—used to say that something is the least that a situation, person, etc., requires or will accept
He demands nothing less than the best service.
I want nothing less than a full refund!
This job requires nothing less than our best effort.
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Small island developing states require nothing less than a Marshall plan to finance their future.
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Courtney Lindsay, WIRED, 13 July 2024
For the president, the trial of his son represents nothing less than the latest chapter in a life marked by tragedy.
—Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Putting this part of the story in the mouth of an inebriated Frenchman seems nothing less than a crisis of confidence in the realist mode to depict anything at all.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
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Courtney Lindsay, WIRED, 13 July 2024
For the president, the trial of his son represents nothing less than the latest chapter in a life marked by tragedy.
—Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2024
Putting this part of the story in the mouth of an inebriated Frenchman seems nothing less than a crisis of confidence in the realist mode to depict anything at all.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
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“Nothing less than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20less%20than. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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