let alone

Example Sentences

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So $1 billion a year, let alone cumulative savings of $1 billion, would make no difference.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

He has worked in the fitness industry for 30 years - long before social media, let alone artificial intelligence.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

But it would also allow unprecedented control to someone entirely unfit to run a magazine, let alone understand its readers.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

There were times growing up when I wasn’t sure she’d be here for my high school graduation, let alone my college graduation, my wedding or the birth of my two sons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

These ogres did not have multiphasic glob coils or photonic scramblers, let alone an intergalactic teleporter.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth