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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Yet crafting one, let alone standing before an audience to deliver one, is something that makes many of us sweat or even worse, panic.
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Abc News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2024
There’s a certain irony to the fact that a film that ties itself so clearly to a specific decade — cable TV can’t even get its head above water these days, let alone take over the world — could be so clairvoyant about the ways that 21st-century technologies would break our brains.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Steele, a training camp sensation who wasn’t expected to make the active roster — let alone receive meaningful reps, is on an affordable rookie deal like Pacheco, a seventh-round pick in 2022.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Raimi strikes an inimitable tone of feel-good fun that precious few films are able to attain, let alone those in the horror genre.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
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Abc News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2024
There’s a certain irony to the fact that a film that ties itself so clearly to a specific decade — cable TV can’t even get its head above water these days, let alone take over the world — could be so clairvoyant about the ways that 21st-century technologies would break our brains.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Steele, a training camp sensation who wasn’t expected to make the active roster — let alone receive meaningful reps, is on an affordable rookie deal like Pacheco, a seventh-round pick in 2022.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Raimi strikes an inimitable tone of feel-good fun that precious few films are able to attain, let alone those in the horror genre.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Let alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20alone. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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