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
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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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The Fund's investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares of Common Stock may be worth more or less than the original cost.
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Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
And ducks, the natural hosts of bird flu viruses, were thought to be more or less impervious to disease caused by them, said Thijs Kuiken, a pathologist in the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
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Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
And ducks, the natural hosts of bird flu viruses, were thought to be more or less impervious to disease caused by them, said Thijs Kuiken, a pathologist in the department of viroscience at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 May 2024
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“More or less.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/more%20or%20less. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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