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less

[les] / lɛs /




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Less need, perhaps, for traditional armour and ships.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Less well-hedged competitors are already cutting capacity, he added, while Ryanair is not.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Less worrisome was a 0.3% increase in the cost of wholesale services in May.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Less than 15 minutes later, Trump posted that talks with Iran were proceeding at a “rapid pace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Less than two years later, the organization had more than nineteen thousand members.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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