not the less
Example Sentences
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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
But her recital had its own kind of drama, not the less effective for being so refined.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015
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
Yet I knew all the time, if I yielded now, I should not the less be made to repent, some day, of my former rebellion.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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