How to Use at the (very) least in a Sentence
at the (very) least
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Or at the very least, not broadcast to the whole world.
—Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024
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Or, at the very least, to get their side of the story told.
—Morty Matz, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024
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The show needs more jokes and less earnest emoting, at the very least.
—TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
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And at the very least, there are no knobs or dials to break.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 15 Jan. 2021
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But at the very least, the market appears to have found a floor.
—Grant Smith, Fortune, 16 July 2023
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Or, at the least, living through some very strange and scary times.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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Drake, for at the very least since the turn of the decade, is far more a popstar than anything else.
—Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
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Others appear to be at the very least safe, and may be worth a shot.
—Markham Heid, TIME, 9 Feb. 2024
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Still others gripe that the Army should never have closed the post or, at the very least, should’ve held onto the land.
—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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Or, at the very least, they were forced to face down heat exhaustion while the men on set had a bit more help.
—Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2020
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To do so was to risk almost certain death or, at the least, scorn from our neighbors.
—David Holloway, al, 6 Sep. 2023
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Does the network even have a release date, or, at the very least, a production start date?
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024
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Read on to learn more about overbooking and how to avoid it (or, at the very least, benefit from it).
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
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But, at the very least, the newcomer shows support vessels can bring their own dose of style to the water.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
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Or, at the very least, inspire you to replace some of your coffee intake with a nice, herbal tea.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
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Can the drone shot be benevolent, or, at the very least, objective?
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
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But at the least the economy’s resilience suggests that the Fed won’t be cutting rates soon.
—WSJ, 6 Sep. 2023
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But a leaf blower can make the task somewhat fun—or, at the very least, much quicker than using a rake.
—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
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The rapper, whose debut LP Montero dropped in 2021, confirmed that there is, at the very least, a single on the way.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2023
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So any follow-up movie would at the very least need to address the fact that Indy is married with a (grown) kid.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 30 June 2023
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Or at the very least be something of a leather jacket influencer.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
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Your brother should at the very least always return the car gassed up (that’s what anyone should do).
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
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Eva Mendes is a Barbie girl — or at the very least, a Barbie supporter.
—Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2023
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Blunt said the aid package would, at the very least, address treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus.
—Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 30 June 2020
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While the long-term effects remain to be seen, at the very least, people will get a once-in-a-lifetime wildcard to move to Italy out of it.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
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Or at the very least, a strong thesis that there is no ‘one,’ but instead a lot of different people who can fit the role.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
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An arena, at the very least, means three decades would not pass between NHL appearances.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
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Gadgets certainly make life easier—or, at the very least, make a show of it.
—Zoe Yu, Longreads, 28 May 2024
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In the filing, Fahie’s defense lawyers said at the very least the judge should ask the two jurors in question about their verdicts on the four charges against the ex-BVI premier.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
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The long and flabby performance was, at the least, a squandered political opportunity.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
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