How to Use no/not more than in a Sentence

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• The shift knob is no more than a hand's breadth away from the rim.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• Sure, the hours would be long, but no more than 16 hours a day.
  — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
• As part of the plea, the government has agreed to seek no more than two years in prison.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
• They had been allowed to take no more than 10 marks with them.
  — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• The dunes are expected to grow no more than 4 feet tall.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
• How to Rig a Wacky Rig A wacky rig should take no more than 30-seconds to be ready to fish.
  — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• All of this from a workshop that numbers no more than 30.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
• To ensure the long-term health of the tree, display it inside for no more than 10 days.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• To go via air, a pallet had to be no more than 56 inches tall.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• That translates to no more than two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women.
  — Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
• The goal is for no more than 15% of tests to be positive for the infection.
  — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 20 Aug. 2020
• Her lyric and melody was written from top to bottom in no more than an hour, right there on the spot.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• Train your lawn to no more than once or twice a week watering.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
• The cost would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars if not more than $1 billion.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
• Probably make two or three cups of tea, but not more than that.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• In total, the two closures are set to take no more than 90 days combined.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
• Over a third expect the strike to last no more than three months, and another third weren’t sure.
  — Audrey Schomer, Variety, 15 May 2023
• There are not more than 16 teams that deserve to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
• To be a winner, the Equinox EV has to hit the right notes with buyers who are likely to drive no more than 40 miles per day.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
• Prepare to cut the three no more than six inches above ground level.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• So, the best catfish rods sport a fast to moderate action, which bends no more than half of the blank.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• The Ducks had given up no more than two sacks in a game to a Big Ten team this season and 13 total sacks in 13 games.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
• Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email [e-mail].
  — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2024
• Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email [e-mail].
  — Eboo Patel, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
• Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email [e-mail].
  — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
• Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor here or email [e-mail].
  — Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
• Toss some compost — no more than a quarter inch, on the damaged area, and then lay down some grass seed.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• Zoning rules for the area where the temple would be built restrict structures to no more than 30 feet in height.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• But America is harming itself as much as, if not more than, other economies with its latest tariffs, analysts say.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
• House Republicans included language in their budget instructing the Ways and Means panel to submit changes in laws that increase the deficit by not more than $4.5 trillion.
  — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025