as in lesser
a smaller number of
I take fewer (and fewer) vacations every year. He teaches many fewer classes than I do.
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Recent Examples of fewer
Another possible explanation is that later in the first two years of the pandemic, there may have also been fewer deaths than expected in some areas because some of the least healthy people in the area had already died of COVID-19.
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Dielle Lundberg,
Fortune,
26 Jan. 2023
What's happening now is a lot of transmission, fewer deaths and hospitalizations, but a lot of transmission.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2023
Exactly half of the league’s games had been decided by five points or fewer over the first three weeks of competition.
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Nick Moyle,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Jan. 2023
The Ravens set a record for fewest points allowed (165) in a 16-game regular season in 2000 and then held each playoff opponent to 10 points or fewer on their way to a 34-7 win over the New York Giants in Tampa, Florida, in Super Bowl XXXV.
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Hayes Gardner,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2023
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Dielle Lundberg,
Fortune,
26 Jan. 2023
What's happening now is a lot of transmission, fewer deaths and hospitalizations, but a lot of transmission.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2023
Exactly half of the league’s games had been decided by five points or fewer over the first three weeks of competition.
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Nick Moyle,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Jan. 2023
The Ravens set a record for fewest points allowed (165) in a 16-game regular season in 2000 and then held each playoff opponent to 10 points or fewer on their way to a 34-7 win over the New York Giants in Tampa, Florida, in Super Bowl XXXV.
—
Hayes Gardner,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fewer
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Even lesser-scale incidents like the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and the Volkswagen emissions scandal erode trust in the institutions that help make our society possible and push it forward.
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In contrast, instruments on the FireSat satellites will be able to detect small brush and roadside fires 16 feet across.
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At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the model Toni Garrn made a striking appearance in a blue-black bustier dress embroidered with small petals.
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“Fewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fewer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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