as in not to mention
to say nothing of
I never suggested that he was incompetent, still less that he was dishonest
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Meanwhile, none of the other eight teams that passed on Mahomes currently have a quarterback with a single MVP award or Super Bowl ring, let alone anything comparable to Mahomes' two MVPs and three championship rings.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
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Neither John Adams nor Thomas Jefferson saw Spanish Americans as part of the same community, let alone as equals.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Still less.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/still%20less. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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