less than

1. Not at all or hardly at all. For example, He had a less than favorable view of the matter, or She had a less than adequate grasp of the subject. This expression uses less in the sense of “a smaller quantity, number, or extent than is implied,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000. The same sense appears in less than no time, a hyperbolic term for a very short time (as in Don't worry, he'll be here in less than no time) that dates from about 1800.

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The starting dose of Lilly’s Zepbound would be sold for $299, $50 less than the price that the company currently charges patients buying directly through Lilly’s direct-to-consumer website online, according to one of the people.

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Firms that own lots of land can also raise money that way—Macy’s, the book notes, is actually worth less than the sum of its land and buildings.

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“I’d say probably less than 5% would end up with any court action needed,” Schneider said.

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The cosmic expansion history results suggest that over the last several billion years or so, the density of dark energy has decreased by about 10 percent -- not much, and much less than the densities of other matter and energy, but still significant.

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Lissu's Chadema party told the AFP news agency that it had recorded "no less than 800" deaths by Saturday, while a diplomatic source in Tanzania told the BBC there was credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.

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