How to Use least in a Sentence

least

1 of 2 adjective

• At least half the homes where the refugees took shelter were bombed.
  — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• So wears these pants at least once a week to hike or climb.
  — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
• At least the day or days the Rangers start a right-hander.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
• At least in my circles, one of the things moms are stressed about the most is screen time.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2023
• There will be a void at the top of the US government for at least a week.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
• That's a reprise of a standalone Tate bill that appears to be stalled, at least for now, in the House.
  — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
• If the result won’t be at least five to ten times better, a project is a non-starter.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
• The plans reduce the number of power lines that PG&E could bury by at least half.
  — Adam Beam, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
• Vines have been grown here for a long time, at least by New Zealand standards.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• But speed and craft can at least help the best offensive players adjust to that.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2024
• But that is by far the least traumatic thing to happen in the final 10 minutes.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• That is the context to frame at least part of every story written about the election.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2024
• At least one of Trump's defense attorneys in the case was also present in the courtroom with Trump.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Arizona Cardinals The case for: Maybe a new regime can at least provide a spark.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• Still, Manchin at least had a fighting chance at holding his Senate seat for Democrats in 2024.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Green onions are now 99 cents, the lowest price in at least a decade, a company spokesperson said.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Some militants are expected to have been killed in at least some of those strikes.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Gisele did not live with worry, at least not in the way strangers sometimes assumed.
  — Demetrius Freeman, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• Rodriguez, 30, is expected to miss at least his next two starts.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023
• Caterpillars of at least 28 species of butterflies and moths use them as host plants.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
• Those are not, in this show at least, compatible modes.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Tax records indicate the seller has owned the property for at least a dozen years.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
• Six of the 11 teams still have a shot at claiming at least a share of the regular-season title, but of those Utah State has the inside track.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• Now he was dwarfed by office towers, at least four of which were being boarded up.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
• At least two campaign staffers were let go earlier this month.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2023
• Losing weight involves a fair amount of motivation, at least from the start.
  — Alisa Hrustic, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Forecasters say that the region will be cloudy to partly cloudy through at least Wednesday.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023
• At least for the moment, Judge’s smile belied the uncertainty.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• Sacramento will soon be home to a new sports team, at least for the next three Major League Baseball seasons.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
• Or at least that’s what music execs like Jimmy Iovine and Luke Wood were hoping for.
  — Chris Payne, Vulture, 30 May 2023

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least

2 of 2 adverb

• Who was the least at fault in the case?
• That was the least important of her reasons.
• He asked me to help him when I least expected it.
• That was the least interesting book I have ever read.
• The Saints stretched the lead to two scores again, going 83 yards on eight plays with five plays of at least 11 yards.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
• South Elgin needs at least 40 units to hold the parade.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
• Have lived in your precinct for at least 30 days before the next election.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2024
• Stir well and chill in a covered vessel for at least two hours.
  — The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024
• Leatherbacks live for at least 50 years, but perhaps much longer.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Parental rights bills have appeared in at least 35 states in the past two years, according to The 19th.
  — Rebecca Griesbach | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023
• At least 700 children have died in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
  — TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
• At least six hours a day will aid in nurturing the blossoms.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
• There was progress Saturday, as the Beavers had seven plays of at least 20 yards, six through the air.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• Kyiv said at least four people had died and 13 were missing.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2023
• Ranney said Pets for Life has been coming to the library for at least 15 years.
  — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• For his part, Winston has won at least one Primetime Emmy in each of the last eight years.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
• The ministry estimates at least 2,000 more could be dead.
  — Niha masih, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• Vance said the issue is a societal one that has been ingrained for at least 50 years.
  — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2023
• If the strikes were to go into mid-October, the cost could balloon to at least $6 billion.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• The department said that the frightened dog had gone over at least one waterfall.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2023
• In one drill, four teams of five were given a 12-second shot clock in which to make at least one pass, and get all five members to cross halfcourt.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• At least five homes east of the addition have had their ocean views affected by the new construction.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
• So far, seven big export terminals have been built, most of them along the Gulf Coast, and at least twenty more are planned.
  — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• Prior to Friday, all but one of Bello’s starts this season have come on at least one extra day of rest.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
• The complaint also noted that Novant cut hundreds of jobs in at least three rounds of layoffs during the same time.
  — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
• Students are required to join a campus club and encouraged to live on campus for at least one year.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• The federal agency must designate at least three tech hubs in the region.
  — Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
• Police were called to the apartment at least eight times since 2018, according to a Star analysis of police records.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• The state would pick at least one urban and one rural district to participate.
  — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2024
• The process would capture at least 95% of the carbon dioxide and store it underground beneath the plant’s property.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024

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