last but not least
idiom
—used to say that a final statement is not less important than previous statements
The television is big, has an excellent picture, and last but not least, it's cheap.
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And last but not least: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
And last but not least, The Hut, Little Jumby, a beach club and restaurant on a formerly uninhabited island, opens this November and is set to be well worth a visit; get there via a 30-minute ferry from Jumby Bay or private boat from Antigua’s north coast.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
And last but not least Bravo to Charli XCX, who revealed another brilliant motivation for that combination of fluorescent green and blurry lowercase text.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
And last but not least It’s been one week since the world lost the great singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
And last but not least, The Hut, Little Jumby, a beach club and restaurant on a formerly uninhabited island, opens this November and is set to be well worth a visit; get there via a 30-minute ferry from Jumby Bay or private boat from Antigua’s north coast.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
And last but not least Bravo to Charli XCX, who revealed another brilliant motivation for that combination of fluorescent green and blurry lowercase text.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
And last but not least It’s been one week since the world lost the great singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Last but not least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20but%20not%20least. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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