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The phrase "about something less" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you are discussing a topic that is of lesser importance or significance compared to another.
Example: "We need to focus on the main issue and not worry about something less."
Alternatives: "regarding something minor" or "concerning a lesser matter".
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Why don't you tell me about something less uncomfortable?
But now I want to ask about something less lovely: drugs.
They all belong here, but what about something less expected from them?
Like many of our big policy debates, immigration reform has dwindled away to an argument about something less than sweeping.
"It sounds as if someone has blown a whistle about something less than palatable that's going on," Roberts says.
Or is giving instead about something less grand, like seeing your name on a building, responding to peer pressure or simply feeling good about yourself?
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One argument that Mr. Kerry and his team have been careful not to make publicly, but that Arab, Israeli and American officials have begun to speculate about, is that something less than a comprehensive settlement might be achievable.
I'm not talking here about the whole six degrees of separation idea but about something much deeper -- something more subtle, yet more intense; something less about separation, and more about connection, about our common humanity.
They are about something else, something less easily quantified.
In fact, the private conviction of fans supporting doomed teams holds that there is something dissipating about success, and something less stimulating.
In order to build a water system that does not waste half its flow through leakage and evaporation, Mr. Fox has asked Mr. Bush to loan Mexico about $420 million, or something less than a penny of financing for every 10 gallons owed.
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