as in not to mention
to say nothing of
I never suggested that he was incompetent, still less that he was dishonest
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let alone
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The cacophony contained within the glass of an NHL rink can be difficult to describe, let alone comprehend.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025 -
Well, sure, but far more than two thousand members of Hamas, let alone Palestinian civilians, were killed in the war.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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