not least
idiom
formal
: especially or particularly
We had many things to consider, not least the safety of our children.
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Set alongside the huge sums poured into rivals over the years, FSG’s executives have sometimes been viewed as penny-pinchers, not least during recent contract negotiations with Mohamed Salah.
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Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Prime Video has acquired UK rights to The Wimbledon Killer, a two-part series that features interviews with detectives about what went wrong with the investigation, not least wrongly accusing Colin Stagg of murder.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The property, known as Rancho Dos Pueblos, holds an almost mythic status in the region, not least as the probable site of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo’s first contact with the area’s Indigenous Chumash people in 1542.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah's capabilities were badly damaged in the fighting - not least by a covert attack on Hezbollah operatives with exploding pagers, which resulted in over 30 deaths and thousands of injuries, including some civilians.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, Prime Video has acquired UK rights to The Wimbledon Killer, a two-part series that features interviews with detectives about what went wrong with the investigation, not least wrongly accusing Colin Stagg of murder.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
The property, known as Rancho Dos Pueblos, holds an almost mythic status in the region, not least as the probable site of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo’s first contact with the area’s Indigenous Chumash people in 1542.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah's capabilities were badly damaged in the fighting - not least by a covert attack on Hezbollah operatives with exploding pagers, which resulted in over 30 deaths and thousands of injuries, including some civilians.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for not least
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“Not least.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20least. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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