to say the least
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These numbers are seasonally adjusted, and the government’s process for doing so is sometimes inexact, to say the least.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
The rollout has been fraught, to say the least.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He wasn’t, to say the least, always easy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The unresolved 14-month long bin strike and council bankruptcy - something the authority insists is now in the past - means confidence in the leadership is shaky to say the least.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
A strange group, to say the least, but it was a known fact that tortoises were the socialites of the woods.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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