little more than
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: 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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Moreover, the traditional 22-episode season has all but vanished, with modern audiences often receiving little more than half that number.
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Scott Snowden, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The river was usually little more than a trickle.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
But Everton, during that period, were little more than relegation scrappers, thanks to two significant points deductions in Dyche’s two seasons at the club.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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Scott Snowden, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
The river was usually little more than a trickle.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
But Everton, during that period, were little more than relegation scrappers, thanks to two significant points deductions in Dyche’s two seasons at the club.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
If insurers and entitlement programs keep paying premiums for products that offer little additional clinical value, these shiny new services will do little more than push costs even higher.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Little more than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20more%20than. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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