no fewer than
idiom
: at least
—used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
No fewer than 1,000 people attended the meeting.
No fewer than 80 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary.
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Observe no fewer than eight of them at the outskirts of a single eleventh-century Nepalese mandala.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Regulators also are investigating no fewer than 13 complaints filed with the licensing board since October, most accusing Multitaskr of abandoning work without a legal excuse, exceeding the limit for down payments and receiving or requesting more money than its work merited.
—Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
During the past four years, no fewer than 75 trade groups have pushed back against the EPA’s findings.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
There are no fewer than eight problems identified as causes of poor performance in reviewers' test systems back in October and these have largely been addressed in recent weeks via Windows updates as well as game patches and motherboard BIOS updates.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Regulators also are investigating no fewer than 13 complaints filed with the licensing board since October, most accusing Multitaskr of abandoning work without a legal excuse, exceeding the limit for down payments and receiving or requesting more money than its work merited.
—Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
During the past four years, no fewer than 75 trade groups have pushed back against the EPA’s findings.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
There are no fewer than eight problems identified as causes of poor performance in reviewers' test systems back in October and these have largely been addressed in recent weeks via Windows updates as well as game patches and motherboard BIOS updates.
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“No fewer than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20fewer%20than. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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