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fewer
[ fyoo-er ]
adjective
- of a smaller number:
fewer words and more action.
pronoun
- (used with a plural verb) a smaller number:
Fewer have come than we hoped.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fewer1
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Example Sentences
This was nine fewer than what he needed just two years ago when 426 members of the House voted.
That means that fewer and fewer everyday Americans are choosing to contribute to campaigns.
The more resources and education society becomes equipped with, the fewer stories like yours will surface.
New York now employs fewer cops, firefighters, and sanitation workers than it did in 2002.
This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
Moderate salaries prevailed, but the sovereign was worth much more then than now, while wants were fewer.
Some words occurred thousands of times, and others only five, or fewer.
Could the government of the country be now carried on upon principles that were all-powerful twenty—or even fewer—years ago?
What this troubled old world needs,Is fewer words and better deeds.
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