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What does "at least" mean?

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Rebecca

"At least" means at the very minimum. It is used in this context to point out something positive that has come out of a negative situation, to mean that there is something positive despite the negative. Ex: His ankle was badly sprained, but at least it wasn't broken. Ex: My home was broken into, but at least nothing valuable was stolen.

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