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The jury’s attention would have been focused on the offending lies, not the less culpable conduct Fox wanted to highlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

They say they worry the show describes strictures more typical of, say, the Brooklyn-based Satmar Hasidim, not the less stringent community of which she was part.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

“My promise is spoken; ours unspoken, but not the less real and solemn.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2017

The order states that all crude oil shipments must be labeled in Packing Group 1 or 2, not the less strict Group 3, the DOT said.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2014

Real hunger, not the less than top-full feeling he was accustomed to, the nervous desire to taste something good.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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