lower than

Example Sentences

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The Italian lender denied suggestions that the actual number of tendered shares was lower than stated due to borrowing mechanisms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Over that same period, Locke’s graduation rate improved from 43% to 72%, but that’s also lower than at surrounding district-run comparison schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Despite more people accessing news via social media, confidence in that format is much lower than in news overall, at 22%.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

I have been unable to find any objectively defined subset of years since the late 1800s in which the stock market’s second-half probability was significantly higher or lower than this all-year average.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Six gyropters, flying fast, one of them seemingly in trouble, for smoke trailed from it, and it flew lower than the others.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman