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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Alva, the video suggested, was let alone only momentarily.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
That will mean holding even more new territory — let alone one day governing it — may prove much more difficult for the group and other armed factions fighting alongside them, says Jerome Drevon, a senior analyst on Jihad in Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
With your celestial ruler charming your 10th house of career and notoriety — let alone amplified by Pluto’s cathartic and transformative influence — this transit could feel like a total game-changer.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Congress’s decision in the late 1980s to bury the nation’s nuclear waste deep inside Nevada’s Yucca Mountain was done largely without consulting Nevada state officials, let alone its residents.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
That will mean holding even more new territory — let alone one day governing it — may prove much more difficult for the group and other armed factions fighting alongside them, says Jerome Drevon, a senior analyst on Jihad in Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
With your celestial ruler charming your 10th house of career and notoriety — let alone amplified by Pluto’s cathartic and transformative influence — this transit could feel like a total game-changer.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Congress’s decision in the late 1980s to bury the nation’s nuclear waste deep inside Nevada’s Yucca Mountain was done largely without consulting Nevada state officials, let alone its residents.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Let alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/let%20alone. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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