Fewer
Fewer adjective - (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of.
Rare and fewer are semantically related. in hardly any topic. In some cases you can use "Rare" instead an adjective "Fewer".
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Barring fouls, the only way to get fewer than 9 points is to get knocked down, which is rare and usually indicates that the boxer is about to lose.
Source: Four Point Scale -
Wars are rare (when someone gets up the courage to declare one), and won by the side that has fewer soldiers die of fright.
Source: Easily Conquered World - In relative terms, they're still very rare, and our planet probably has considerably fewer than 36.
Source: Tzadikim Nistarim
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