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.
Examples of nothing less than in a Sentence
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Voodoo is an ambitious record that seeks nothing less than to unstick black music from commercial considerations and leave it free to seek its muse.
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Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
For a certain type of literary man, Matthiessen was nothing less than awe-inspiring.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The paper published by Reines and Cowan in 1956, demonstrating the existence of neutrinos, changed that, kicking off nothing less than a new branch of science.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
The ultimate goal, then, seems to be nothing less than the complete supplanting of MAGA with a new political movement—an angry, ultra-conspiratorial, unbiblical, neo-pagan movement of misfits and their hangers-on.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
For a certain type of literary man, Matthiessen was nothing less than awe-inspiring.
—Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The paper published by Reines and Cowan in 1956, demonstrating the existence of neutrinos, changed that, kicking off nothing less than a new branch of science.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
The ultimate goal, then, seems to be nothing less than the complete supplanting of MAGA with a new political movement—an angry, ultra-conspiratorial, unbiblical, neo-pagan movement of misfits and their hangers-on.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nothing less than
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“Nothing less than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20less%20than. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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