How to Use less than in a Sentence

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• However, the odds of a person being struck are less than one in a million.
  — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
• Yes, Williams is out of the singles draw after losing to a woman less than half her age.
  — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• Right now, shoppers are stocking up on gorgeous dresses in spades for less than $50.
  — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
• Post-event follow-up is less than 1% of total message volume across every church size.
  — Vijesh Mehta, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• And until that is corrected, the on-field results will continue to be less than the sum of the parts.
  — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• In less than two weeks, however, the stock has recovered most of that decline, trading close to 52-week peaks.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• This group also spent less than two hours per day watching television, the study’s measure of sedentary behavior.
  — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• July 1 is less than 24-hours away and will bring the most sweeping overhaul in decades of federal student loans.
  — Medora Lee, USA Today, 30 June 2026
• This means that on said date in 2026, ‘Vini’ has less than a year to run on his deal at the Bernabeu.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• All 29 spacecraft deployed from the Atlas V rocket less than an hour after launch.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
• Then, less than 48 hours later, the 59-year-old Grown Ups star made headlines again for his love of the game.
  — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
• Traffic numbers and impression counts will matter less than influence, trust and reuse.
  — Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• If storms occur within the radius less than 30 minutes before the game is due to begin, kick-off will also be delayed.
  — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• How these extreme objects formed in the earliest years of the universe—when the cosmos was less than a billion years old—has long been something of a mystery.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
• Born prematurely, the infant died less than 48 hours after his birth, due to hyaline membrane disease.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
• Across the net from Williams stood her opponent, Maya Joint, a 20-year-old Australian less than half her age.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
• The condition is very rare, with pure forms affecting less than 1% of neurological patients.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026
• SpaceX went public with less than 5% of its shares available for trading, meaning its weight in the index will start out much smaller than its true market value.
  — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• Her two confirmed pieces totaled $162, less than one quarter of the price of several single accessories elsewhere on the guest list.
  — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
• Full shade is when there is less than 2 hours of sun or no direct sun at all, other than possibly the indirect reflection off walls, sidewalks, and other surfaces.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2026
• Though Docebo’s research showed that nearly four out of five learners say their learning isn’t personalized, less than two-thirds of leaders feel the same way.
  — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Cal Fire investigators determined both fires were arson and arrested Vasquez less than six weeks later.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
• Evidence presented throughout the case showed that Reidy Watts and Frieson had been in an on-again, off-again relationship for less than one year.
  — CBS News, 30 June 2026
• Garage Beer’s growth and success, Amicon says, can be contributed in part to its less than traditional beer marketing approach.
  — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Neon bought the Sam Altman biopic less than two weeks after Amazon MGM dropped the film from its lineup, Puck reports.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 June 2026
• In 2018, the legislature passed a law requiring them for unions who counted less than 50% of the bargaining unit as dues-paying members.
  — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
• That’s 16 cents more than a week ago in the state, although 38 cents less than a month ago and more than 70 cents less than this year’s high, which was driven by the rise in oil prices and war in Iran.
  — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• The group also had to include stocks with limited momentum and attractive valuations selling for less than 20 times expected earnings over the next year.
  — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 7 July 2026
• The mission was the 3rd in less than 30 hours for SpaceX among its 2 Florida and 1 California launch pads.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
• The fatal hit-and-run occurred less than two hours after a 13-year-old boy was killed riding on the back of a moped in Queens after his friend slammed into an open car door and then careened into a moving truck.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2026