let alone

as in not to mention
to say nothing of I don't have enough money for a new car, let alone a luxury sedan

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Recent Examples of let alone Andrew Jay Cohen’s incompetent direction — the movie doesn’t even build up to jokes, let alone follow them through — leads to an airless, desperate comedy in which every cast member is stranded. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025 Nobody likes to think about vaginal dryness, let alone talk about it, let alone experience it. Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2025 More than half of Central Floridians don’t have enough saved for a small emergency, let alone life-changing events. Bahíyyah Maroon, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025 While their parents, several relatives on their mother’s side, and even their maternal grandmother were physicians, they were never expected to be doctors ― let alone orthopedic surgeons just like their father. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for let alone 

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“Let alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20alone. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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