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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Neris has made no fewer than 53 appearances in a non-pandemic season since 2015, his first full major league season in Philadelphia.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
In just the past thirty days, no fewer than 23.3 million birds have been affected in the US including 102 commercial flocks and 49 backyard flocks.
—John Drake, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill Before her death at 101, Diana Athill—the formidably shrewd editor of Philip Roth, Simone de Beauvoir, V. S. Naipaul, and more—had written no fewer than nine memoirs.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
For the remainder of the 12-week regular season, no fewer than five tens were awarded every weekend.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
In just the past thirty days, no fewer than 23.3 million birds have been affected in the US including 102 commercial flocks and 49 backyard flocks.
—John Drake, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill Before her death at 101, Diana Athill—the formidably shrewd editor of Philip Roth, Simone de Beauvoir, V. S. Naipaul, and more—had written no fewer than nine memoirs.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
For the remainder of the 12-week regular season, no fewer than five tens were awarded every weekend.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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“No fewer than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20fewer%20than. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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