let alone
conjunction
: to say nothing of : not to mention
—used especially to emphasize the improbability of a contrasting example
he would never walk again let alone play golf—
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Sports Illus.how many ever see an Ambassador or Minister, let alone a President—Robert Lacville
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Examples of let alone in a Sentence
I don't have enough money for a new car, let alone a luxury sedan.
Recent Examples on the Web
Paul Rutherford/Getty Images/Getty Images North America 3. 800 meters — let alone a mile — is too far for a woman to run
In 1928, the longest race a woman could compete in was the 800 meter — two laps around a track.
—Maya Silver, NPR, 22 June 2024
Hezbollah would do well to understand that no Israeli government, let alone the most right-wing in the country’s history, can accept what Nasrallah boasted about in his speech as a de facto buffer zone that his group created within Israeli territory.
—Firas Maksad, TIME, 22 June 2024
Maybe that’s because Parker doesn’t appreciate Swann’s way of making white Americans feel dangerously unsafe in their own country, a paranoia that’s leveraged to fuel the rampant militarization of small-town police forces that barely have the need for guns, let alone RPGs.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
The decimation of each of these programs results in a chilling effect on Black applicants, who already are fighting for a way into a company, let alone to the top, said Alexis Washington, assistant professor in the Management Department at Oklahoma State University.
—Byeva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 June 2024
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Maya Silver, NPR, 22 June 2024
Hezbollah would do well to understand that no Israeli government, let alone the most right-wing in the country’s history, can accept what Nasrallah boasted about in his speech as a de facto buffer zone that his group created within Israeli territory.
—Firas Maksad, TIME, 22 June 2024
Maybe that’s because Parker doesn’t appreciate Swann’s way of making white Americans feel dangerously unsafe in their own country, a paranoia that’s leveraged to fuel the rampant militarization of small-town police forces that barely have the need for guns, let alone RPGs.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
The decimation of each of these programs results in a chilling effect on Black applicants, who already are fighting for a way into a company, let alone to the top, said Alexis Washington, assistant professor in the Management Department at Oklahoma State University.
—Byeva Roytburg, Fortune, 19 June 2024
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“Let alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20alone. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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