least possible
Example Sentences
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“Instead, it’s a solution to stop wars with the least possible harm,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He called the talks "the only solution to stop the war with the least possible damage".
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
When promoting the initial federal law regulating sales of securities in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt explained that its purpose was “to protect the public with the least possible interference with honest business.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
Though neither Russia nor the United States seeks a nuclear war, it's at least possible that they could slide into one.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023
They stood still, with their bows already raised and arrows fitted, so that they would make the least possible movement to disturb the creatures when they did appear.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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