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lesser

[les-er] / ˈlɛs ər /


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“If I’m here to merely protect a record,” she said later, “then I’ll pick a lesser opponent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Faded stars could scrape out a second act in B-movies and lesser studio offerings without losing the prestige of the silver screen.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Policy wonks are not typically famous: If they are, that fame is restricted to a league of Beltway professionals—famous in the way that really good brain surgeons are famous to other, presumably lesser brain surgeons.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

But analysts at JPMorgan Chase wrote in a note last week that current market valuations for commercial insurers and, to a lesser extent, reinsurers, reflect “returns which are not necessarily sustainable.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then, with his Round Table, he had tried to harness Tyranny in lesser forms, so that its power might be used for useful ends.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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