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
No one should have to face something like this, let alone carry the cost of their own trauma.
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But that honorable horse left the barn long before a mandate to capture such metadata was even contemplated, let alone enforced.
—Dave S. Brody, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Built for distribution, not attribution, today’s digital infrastructure fails to recognize authorship—let alone enforce it.
—Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
At that point in time, nobody knew that Donald Trump would be running for reelection, let alone elected.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But that honorable horse left the barn long before a mandate to capture such metadata was even contemplated, let alone enforced.
—Dave S. Brody, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Built for distribution, not attribution, today’s digital infrastructure fails to recognize authorship—let alone enforce it.
—Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
At that point in time, nobody knew that Donald Trump would be running for reelection, let alone elected.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Mar. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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