let alone

Example Sentences

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Carden also said that it’s unclear how Monday’s announcement differs from an end-to-end logistics framework, Supply Chain by Amazon, that the company introduced in 2023, let alone what the current announcement would mean for freight.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

In the decades following Solanas’ crime and years since Harron’s film was first released, the world has only proven to be a more difficult place to live, let alone find success.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

He isn’t giving the Energy Department’s national laboratories or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency the resources they need to keep pace, let alone surge ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Idol: Look at Pink Floyd: David Gilmour and Roger Waters can’t stand being in the same room, let alone make music.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Never in her life had she seen even one of her own people with visible wealth, let alone several.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray