more or less
adverb
1
: to a varying or undetermined extent or degree : somewhat
they were more or less willing to help
2
: with small variations : approximately
contains 16 acres more or less
Examples of more or less in a Sentence
the lot is 16 acres more or less
most couples in the survey said that they were more or less happy in their marriage
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And then the Court interprets it that way over time, over the decades, and really as recently as sort of like the turn of the 20th century, the Court more or less reaffirmed that sort of sweeping view of the export tax ban.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Most places do their best to make sure everything hits the table at more or less the same time.
—John Debary, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Gregory Carr and Lyman Davis were friends, more or less.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
But the premise is more or less an excuse to make monologue jokes, which Bargatze did about everything from Severance’s confusing story line to the decidedly noneducational programming offered on the Learning Channel.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Most places do their best to make sure everything hits the table at more or less the same time.
—John Debary, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Gregory Carr and Lyman Davis were friends, more or less.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
But the premise is more or less an excuse to make monologue jokes, which Bargatze did about everything from Severance’s confusing story line to the decidedly noneducational programming offered on the Learning Channel.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for more or less
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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