Thesaurus results for NOT TO MENTION

not to mention

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Definition of not to mention

as in let alone

to say nothing of The airfare is pricey, not to mention the cost of food and lodging.

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Recent Examples of not to mention Dracula has been defeated for good, but his castle has plunked itself down in Paris and all sorts of demons — not to mention Joan of Arc — are on the loose. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 What’s worse is the scene that follows, revealing the clean-up of multiple bodies and an elaborate rewriting of the narrative that strains credulity to put it mildly, not to mention shortchanging the Mexican characters. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Each story is its own, of course — for anyone who might suffer from blood clots, not to mention in terms of Smith (during college at Tennessee) and Walker (in high school, also in Tennessee). — Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 That’s a lot of story, not to mention a new version of the opening theme, now performed by Brandi Carlile. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for not to mention

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never mind

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The President has repeatedly used military force in a half dozen countries without confering with Congress never mind asking for their authorization.

— Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
How does Paramount compete with a YouTube and a TikTok (even a TikTok partly owned in the family), never mind navigate Disney-OpenAI and a coming age of anti-original AI slop?

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

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