How to Use to say nothing of in a Sentence

to say nothing of

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  • Better to say nothing of note and leave himself a little wriggle room.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • That’s to say nothing of the stage, which offers a raw immediacy that books and films lack.
    Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Powerbrokers tend to come with big egos, to say nothing of their political influence.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • That’s to say nothing of their current young shortstop, Colson Montgomery, who is a bona fide great player.
    The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The front line alone is roughly eight hundred miles long, to say nothing of the potential targets dotted across Russia’s enormous landmass.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • And that’s to say nothing of the very real threats to free expression coming from Republicans at every level of government right now.
    Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • And that’s to say nothing of other hyperscale AI data center issues including heat, noise pollution, e-waste and more.
    Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Yet a rupture with the United States, doomed to a long night of Trumpism, seems unlikely, to say nothing of a future of European self-reliance.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • But Janney’s work, to say nothing of her perennially underrated co-star Andrew Rannells, was certainly worthy.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
  • Stones chose the No 6, as worn by Armando Picchi and Giacinto Facchetti, to say nothing of Youri Djorkaeff.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • One in which, even amid an affordability crisis experienced by millions and millions worldwide, headlines are made by the billions and billions being invested in sectors such as AI, to say nothing of media, sport and entertainment.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • His favoritism toward North Korea could destabilize the region and encourage South Korea and Japan—to say nothing of Iran and other rogue states—to pursue nuclear-weapons programs.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But now, being competitive on the court isn’t enough to dominate the headlines; not with Steph and Dray and Harden and Kyrie still kicking—to say nothing of the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in both points and memes.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026
  • YouTube’s Steve Chen, Peter Thiel, Snap’s Evan Spiegel, Elon Musk…to say nothing of Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates before them.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 July 2026

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