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The phrase "there is one less" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that there is a decrease in quantity or number. Here is an example: "There were ten cookies in the jar, but now there is one less. Did you eat one without telling me?".
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"All it means is there is one less company that might do a deal with them," he said.
To them, Daleste's murder just means there is "one less" troublemaker out on the streets.
There is one less coach, too.
"There is one less person to talk to".
She explains that there is "one less layer" between the singer and audience in a recital.
"There's a little concern, because with the absence of Fergie, there is one less body there that can play.
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Which for those of us who grind through a barrel of feces for a living, meant there was one less person who understood.
The Buddhas are gone in Afghanistan, Palm Springs has approved demolition of a corrugated-metal, glass and concrete-block shopping center designed by Albert Frey, and there's one less obstacle on Tamarisk's 17th hole.
Of course, with Borders on the ropes, there's one less big vendor making anything Amazon-related all the more important.
The students would make a lot of mistakes, but every time they click on a wrong button, there's one less unfamiliar button.
"The second person won't need to bring a car, and there's one less car in the carpark and on the road".
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