little more than
idiom
: not much more than (something) : only slightly more than (something)
They ate little more than ice cream and hot dogs all day.
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Yet while most wound up being little more than footnotes in the books, Lamborghini managed to build a new mid-engined monster that would prove a successful successor to its forebears on children’s bedroom walls and in rich men’s driveways alike.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Boosting consumer spending and livelihoods gets little more than lip service in the communiqué that followed the plenum at which the five-year plan was mapped out.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
The Blue Jays’ optional workout consisted of little more than kids playing catch in the outfield.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Bring a headlamp to walk your bike through three 1870s railroad tunnels, each hand-dug by crews armed with little more than picks and shovels.
—Erin Gifford, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Boosting consumer spending and livelihoods gets little more than lip service in the communiqué that followed the plenum at which the five-year plan was mapped out.
—Shaoyu Yuan, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2025
The Blue Jays’ optional workout consisted of little more than kids playing catch in the outfield.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Bring a headlamp to walk your bike through three 1870s railroad tunnels, each hand-dug by crews armed with little more than picks and shovels.
—Erin Gifford, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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