How to Use nothing less than in a Sentence

nothing less than

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  • The Gallup poll once seemed to be nothing less than the voice of the people.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
  • What has been going on here has been nothing less than a partisan witch hunt.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • The 33-year-old used nothing less than duct tape to keep his mouth shut during the round.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • What’s at risk is nothing less than the ability to think for oneself.
    Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • The past six months of Laufey’s life have been nothing less than surreal.
    Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Jhené Aiko is teasing a tour that should be nothing less than magical.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Canada deserves nothing less than a bold vision for housing and the path is right in front of us.
    Abdullah Snobar, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At stake now was nothing less than the question of democracy itself.
    Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less than a world built on hope, not fear.
    John Hope Bryant, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That’s four intense games in little more than a week and with nothing less than national pride at stake.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This was nothing less than a coverup and, sad to say, Joe and Jill Biden were part of it.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2024
  • But, then again, the world champion usually goes nothing less than all-in.
    Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • For supporters of the plan, though, nothing less than the essence of New York is at stake.
    Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The whole shebang, say purists, is nothing less than an abomination.
    Leanne Italie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • The bonding that this team went through every day the last two weeks has been nothing less than superior.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Trump and Biden have nothing less than their historical legacies on the line.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Leaving Gaza City and trying to flee to the south would be nothing less than a death sentence.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Her look at the Rick Owens show was nothing less than a real Rick Owens look.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 June 2023
  • The results have yielded nothing less than tremendous success.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Celebrities came out in force to fête the designers—the soirée had nothing less than a night at the Oscars.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Our work, then, must be in service of nothing less than that dignity and that complexity.
    Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
  • This album explores nothing less than the cycle of life, as related through changes of season.
    Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • And a lot of film fans step in to disagree, believing that the stakes are nothing less than the integrity of film itself.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The end of alienation would mean nothing less than a reenchantment of reality.
    Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For a certain type of literary man, Matthiessen was nothing less than awe-inspiring.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the mind of the plagiarized, as often as not, what has been perpetrated is nothing less than an outrage.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • This American team was constructed with nothing less than winning in mind.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • For the beleaguered Aussies, MacArthur was nothing less than a savior.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The episode is nothing less than a tour-de-force for Navia, who has to hold the story entirely on her shoulders for much of the episode.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025

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