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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Meanwhile, parts of the far East Valley picked up little more than sprinkles, with some gauges showing less than a tenth of an inch. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Some efforts, like his letter to the Hazelwood School District, amounted to little more than a press release. Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025 Reports suggest that delivered vehicles are little more than rebodied Corvettes, leaving the full V16 configuration unproven. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 The black dots in vanilla bean ice cream are indeed vanilla bean seeds, experts confirm, but their presence does little more than offer visual allure and subtle texture. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for little more than

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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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