at least

phrase

Definition of at leastnext
as in always
whatever else is done or is the case It's too bad we ran out of mashed potatoes, but at least there's still plenty of cranberry sauce.

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Recent Examples of at least Investigators say 28 conifers have been targeted and at least 10 have died. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 But concrete evidence of Clark fans acting in a hateful manner — at least in real time — is severely lacking. Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 The framework includes a 10% tax on sports betting gross receipts and requires operators to verify that bettors are at least 21. Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026 Somebody, though, had to recognize that there wasn’t eight episodes worth of story here, or at least not eight episodes of the story being told. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for at least

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“At least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/at%20least. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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